EACVI Club 35: EACVI trailblazes the development of young ESC communities
In the past three years EACVI Club 35 has grown into a vibrant community providing access to high quality training resources for young imaging specialists across Europe. Denisa Muraru, Chairperson of the Committe discusses their many achievements and highlights of the special EACVI Club 35 Conference Track at this year’s congress. Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Coming together is a beginning
Imaging is a pivotal component of modern healthcare and an essential part of many patient journeys. The complementary and combined skills of all stakeholders interested in cardiovascular imaging are vital to sharpen our mission to provide high-quality educational programmes. Team work lies at the very heart of the EACVI. It is undoubtedly through the selfless efforts of our committees and volunteers that our association is moving forward and becoming stronger. Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Taking a patient centred approach
Fausto Pinto, who becomes President of the ESC next September, plans to introduce the system of accreditation that he first pioneered as President of the EAE (now EACVI) into the wider cardiovascular curriculum. ‘No one would fly a plane unless it had been certified so why should patients accept to be treated by doctors unless they’ve the confidence of knowing that they’ve achieved pre-defined levels of proficiency and undertaken minimum numbers of procedures,’ says Pinto. Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Consider bariatric surgery in obese patients
Authors: Alegría Barrero A, Alegría Barrero E, Alegría Ezquerra E. Severe obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Bariatric surgery is the best means to ensure obese patients with effective weight loss. Weight loss in turn improves other risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Find here a review of guidelines and the cardiologist's role, indications and tools, pre-operative practice and the results and costs associated with this intervention.
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
What’s happening with the EACVI Research and Innovations Committee?
The EACVI Research and Innovations Committee was created a year ago to establish a research network to facilitate large scale high quality studies in cardiac imaging. While there are many large multicentre studies demonstrating the value of medical devices and pharmacological agents, no studies so far have evaluated the additive value of one imaging technique over another to cure patients.Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Promoting heart valve clinics to facilitate risk stratification and 'watchful waiting'
"Echocardiography provides the cornerstone for valve disease. It’s key for establishing aetiology, quantifying severity, studying progression, determining repercussions on the ventricle and assessing the likelihood of successful repair"Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Vascular imaging, a step beyond cardiac ultrasound
"While cardiac and vascular ultrasound can be considered complementary they’re definitely not the same. We need to acknowledge that performing vascular ultrasound requires a completely different skill set from echocardiography. To ensure that cardiologists are safe and proficient they need to have a formal training."Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Integration of Cardiovascular Imaging: an idea whose time has come
"The importance of moving from a technique driven approach towards a patient and problem driven approach has increasingly been recognised. In order to provide the best possible care to our patients it is important to understand the complementary values of all imaging techniques and their respective roles in clinical practice." Read more
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Echocardiography (Non-invasive imaging), Magnetic Resonance (Non-invasive imaging), Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear, Nuclear cardio & CT (Non-invasive imaging) (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
What does being an EACVI Club 35 Ambassador involve?
"‘When I joined the EACVI Club 35 three years ago I felt that all echocardiographers had the same questions, doubts, and dreams and recognised that enabling good interaction was fundamental to helping them develop into better doctors. "Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Doing the twist: taking assessment of LV function beyond ejection fraction
Echocardiography methods for assessing Left Ventricular (LV) function that go beyond ejection fraction (EF) need to be introduced routinely into clinical practice, says Otto Smiseth. The widespread introduction of Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography (STE) to measure myocardial velocity, strain and twist, he stresses, would greatly improve the evaluation of the left ventricle in conditions such as heart failure.Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Education Committee of the EACVI: the new challenges
"Education has undoubtedly become a top priority for EACVI members and attendees of our meetings. Due to important changes in compliance rules, the support of education initiatives now represent one of the most popular ways that pharmaceutical companies can interact with scientific associations. Responding to such growing demands the Education."Read more
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Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
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Cardiovascular Nursing, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
The premier international forum on Heart Failure!
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Heart Failure (HF) (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
World Congress on Acute Heart Failure 17-20 May 2014 Athens, Greece
The Heart Failure Association of the ESC presents the first World Congress on Acute Heart Failure to develop a unique place where all healthcare professionals who deal with patients suffering from acute heart failure can meet, exchange and learn about the latest advances and research. Read more
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Heart Failure (HF), Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Clinical Research needs investigator initiated trials: AFNET-EAST has enrolled 1000 patients
The pan-European clinical trial “Early treatment of atrial fibrillation for stroke prevention trial (EAST)“ compares two different treatment strategies in atrial fibrillation and exemplifies the added value of independent investigator initiated trials for clinical progress. Many questions which are important for medical care, such as the relevance of early rhythm control therapy, will not be addressed by commercial trials. Read more
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Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation (Source: ESC News and Press)
Source: ESC News and Press - November 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
