Co-repressing immunometabolic processes in atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is affected by both metabolic and inflammatory triggers and/or mediators.

Cocaine consumption and acute coronary syndromes: a cross sectional study from the Swiss registry AMIS Plus

Cocaine abuse increases the risk of mortality by a factor of 5 and the risk of major adverse cardiac and cardiovascular events by a factor of 4.

Productivity loss and indirect costs in the year following acute coronary events in Switzerland

The loss in productivity is associated with indirect costs about twice as high as the direct costs.

Clinical value of soluble suppression of tumourigenicity 2 (sST2) in addition to NTproBNP measurements in a general cardiac outpatient population

The added clinical value of sST2 measurements in addition to NTproBNP was limited.

Reliability of an ECG-algorithm for identification of the infarct-related artery in inferior myocardial infarction in clinical practice

The diagnostic accuracy of an ECG algorithm for predicting the infarct-related artery in acute inferior STEMI.

Bempedoinsäure – Ein neuer Lipidsenker als Monotherapie und in Kombination mit Ezetimibe zusätzlich zu Statinen

Untersuchungen in Allgemeinpraxen in der Schweiz haben eindrücklich gezeigt, dass mit der gegenwärtigen lipidsenkenden Therapie Patienten nur ungenügend die von den ESC Guidelines empfohlenen Zielwerte für LDL-C erreichen.

A wide-complex tachycardia in a 90-year old man with a dual-chamber pacemaker

A particular form of pacemaker-mediated tachycardia.

ICD insertion in previously undiagnosed left brachiocephalic vein obstruction

Chest pain after surgical repair of Bland-Garland-White Syndrome

Exceptional clinical scenario highlighting the increasing importance of noninvasive imaging in the evaluation of patients after surgical correction of coronary abnormalities.

Infective endocarditis: prevention and antibiotic prophylaxis

In memoriam: Prof. Dr. med. Willibald Maier