Rome to host ESC Congress for the first time
The ESC announced that Rome has been chosen as the venue for ESC Congress 2016. President Panos Vardas: Rome enjoys a strategic position at the heart of the Mediterranean, making it a convenient meeting point for our delegates....Italian cardiologists are very active members of the ESC, sending a large number of delegates to our events and one of the top abstract submitters of past congresses, so it is fitting that ESC Congress comes to Rome.
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Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Basic Science, Arrhythmias, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment an...
Source: ESC News and Press - January 22, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
CARDIOSTIM-EHRA EUROPACE 2014 - Submit your abstract
Discover the World Congress on Cardiac ElectrophysiologyThe partnership between Cardiostim and EHRA EUROPACE began in 2009 and this collaboration delivers education, guidance and the best scientific content to the cardiac electrophysiology community ever year.Submit your abstract before 27 January to be part of CARDIOSTIM - EHRA EUROPACE 2014! Mark your calendar for EHRA EUROPACE-CARDIOSTIM, 21 - 24 June 2015!
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Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 17, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Surgery in severe mitral regurgitation: focus on patients with no symptoms or complications
Authors: De Bonis M, Al-Attar N.
Mitral valve repair is often recommended in severe mitral regurgitation however absence of symptoms and episodes of atrial fibrillation, a preserved left ventricular function and normal pulmonary artery pressure either warrant early repair or watchful waiting depending on 1) the patient's characteristics, 2) surgical risk, 3) likelihood of an effective and durable repair and 4) local expertise. (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
EAPCI Focus on Unmet needs of young interventional cardiologists: the EAPCI Young survey
The “New Initiatives For Young Interventionalists” (NIFYI) committee recently conducted a survey to obtain information on the educational and training needs of young cardiologists (arbitrarily defined as age <36 years) with an interest in interventional cardiology.
The results of this survey are presented here. || Join EAPCI Young community on LinkedIn
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Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention (PCI) (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Heart Failure Congress: Submit your abstract before 14 January 2014
All accepted abstracts will be published in the European Journal of Heart Failure and available in Heart Failure 2014 resources: Scientific Programme Planner and e-library.
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Heart Failure (HF) (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Cardiologists urged to reduce inappropriate radiation exposure
Radiation from cardiology procedures equals more than 50 chest X-rays per person each year. “Unfortunately, radiation risks are not widely known to all cardiologists and patients and this creates a potential for unwanted damage that will appear as cancers, decades down the line. We need the entire cardiology community to be proactive in minimising the radiological friendly fire in our imaging labs.” Read more
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Invasive Imaging: Cardiac Catheterisation and Angiography (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Fit teenagers are less likely to have heart attacks in later life
Swedish researchers found that every 15% increase in aerobic fitness was linked to an approximately 18% reduced risk of myocardial infarction 30 years later. The study found that the relationship between aerobic fitness and heart attack occurred regardless of the men’s body mass index when they were teenagers. However, fit but overweight or obese men had a significantly higher risk of a heart attack than unfit, lean men. Read more
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - January 6, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Access resources from EuroEcho-Imaging 2013 in Istanbul
Congress reports: comments on the scientific results, written by the experts, a free selection of webcasts, news articles, photos and more. Access all the resources from EuroEcho-Imaging 2013.
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history: the Horus study
Featured EuroPRevent Speaker - Lessons from the Past: Why would a third of the mummies of the ancient cultures of Egypt, Peru, the American Southwest and the Aleutian Islands have atherosclerosis when their mean age of death was 36 years? Why would a 50 year old female hunter gather living a subsistence life style consuming a marine based diet in the Aleutian Islands have CAD? Find out more
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management, Atherosclerosis (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
New AF classification by ECG will help GPs deliver personalised treatment
AF is currently diagnosed by an ECG, often by a general practitioner (GP). But the ECG is underutilised with respect to identifying the underlying cause of AF, which would help GPs make personalised treatment decisions. GPs need to know how ECG readings correlate to the cause of AF and the Lugano meeting was convened to discuss how to start such classification. Read more
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Atrial Fibrillation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Management of atrial fibrillation still suboptimal in Europe
ESC presents preliminary results of Atrial Fibrillation General Registry: Statistics show that oral anticoagulant use has increased, but new oral anticoagulant (NOAC) use is still low. Authors also concluded that compliance with treatment guidelines for patients with the lowest and higher stroke risk scores remains suboptimal.
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Atrial Fibrillation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Warfarin increases risk of stroke among atrial fibrillation patients in first 30 days of use
Patients with atrial fibrillation – an irregular and often abnormally fast heartbeat – have nearly double the risk of suffering a stroke in the first 30 days after starting to take the anti-clotting drug warfarin compared to non-users, according to a study of over 70,000 patients. Read more
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Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
EACPR sheds a light on CVD prevention in Germany and Iceland
This month, the National CVD Prevention Coordinators for Germany and Iceland are providing a full report and detailed analysis of CVD prevention and rehabilitation in their country on the EACPR “Prevention in your country” section.Read the country reports from Germany and Iceland.
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
EHRA Webinar on Vascular access in electrophysiology
On 22 January 2014, join Frieder Braunschweig and Christopher Piorkowski for a live streaming event on issues and solutions for vascular access in electrophysiology. The webinar is free for EHRA members.
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Arrhythmias (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Congratulations to EuroEcho-Imaging award winners!
Six abstracts were selected in the categories of Clinical and Basic Science, 1 winner and 2 runners-up for each. Congratulations to Dr Christine Henri and Dr Maja Cikes for taking top honours.Access all the abstracts here
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - December 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
