Extracorporeal membrane oxygen­ation for acute cardiogenic shock

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is utilised as a short-term mechanical circulatory assist device for treatment of refractory acute cardiogenic shock.

Prevention of sudden death in ­apparently healthy athletes, where do we stand in Switzerland?

Athletes are seen as one of the healthiest segments of the population. SCD in an athlete is always shocking and profoundly affects the communities where it occurs.

Simplified, one-stage repair of combined ascending-descending aortic disease

The one-stage procedure has technical advantages compared with the classical two-stage approach.

How to do it? Rotational ather­ectomy of in-stent restenosis

Procedure for gaining access to an important diagonal coronary artery branch.

Eine seltene Ursache der idiopathischen ventrikulären Extrasystolie

Das 12-Kanal-Oberflächen-EKG in Ruhe zeigte einen Sinusrhythmus mit monomorphem ventrikulärem ­Bigeminus.