Peripheral arterial disease - indications for intervention: from open surgery to endovascular and hybrid repair
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a marker of increased risk of СV mortality and limb loss. Staging of limb ischaemia severity, assessment of patient risk and knowledge of PAD anatomy are essential requirements to improve survival, reduce major cardiovascular events and to treat the ischaemic syndrome.
New Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity
Synopsis summarizes the key recommendations of the guideline regarding management of overweight and obesity, including referral to comprehensive lifestyle interventions that combine behavioral, dietary, and physical activity change, and additional tools of pharmacologic and procedural interventions.
Administration of patients during and after a coronavirus pandemic. Interview with professor Mekhman N. Mamedov.
Dear Colleagues!
On April 27, 2021, at the initiative of the Indonesian Society of Cardiology, an online meeting was held with one of the leading experts of Russia in the cardiology, Professor Mekhman N Mamedov.
Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines (ISH, 2020) International Society of Hypertension (ISH)
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) released their global recommendations on the management of hypertension in adults aged 18 years and older in June 2020.
Social Isolation Tied to Higher Risk of CV Events, Death
Social isolation is associated with an increased risk of a cardiovascular event of more than 40%, and of all-cause mortality approaching 50%, new research suggests.
Hospital Volumes Slashed by More Than Half During Pandemic
As US hospitals begin to reopen for elective procedures, a new report outlines the damage that the COVID-19 pandemic has done to the facilities' patient volumes and revenues.
COVID-19: AHA Guidance on Hypertension, Latest on Angiotensin Link
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued new guidance for patients with hypertension during the COVID-19 outbreak. At the same time, several new review articles have been published further exploring the possible relationship between the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the virus.
ACC Clinical Bulletin Focuses on Cardiac Implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The bulletin provides background on the epidemic, which was first reported in late December 2019, and looks at early cardiac implications from case reports.
Eating An Egg A Day Is A-OK, Despite Heart Disease History, New Study Suggests
Interest in high-protein and high-fat diets like the keto diet keeps growing, but concerns about the health effects of many foods on those diets remain high. For at least one of those foods—the simple protein-packed egg—a new, large-scale study suggests that devouring one a day is fine for most people, even those with a history of heart disease.
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