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Clinical strategies for selecting oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients

15.11.20132218

Patients with atrial fibrillation have a five- to seven-fold greater risk of stroke than the general population, and approximately 20% of ischaemic strokes are due to this arrhythmia. Vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin have been the long-standing anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

Opening of the 2014 Grants programme

13.11.20132105

We are really delighted to announce that the EAPCI Training & Research Fellowship Programme 2014 is now open.

Fighting Obesity: New Hopes From Brown Fat

13.11.20132107

If you want to lose weight, then you actually want more fat, not less. But you need the right kind: brown fat.

Results of the 5th Congress of Cardiologists of the Siberian Federal Region have been published (October 10-11, 2013 in Barnaul)

12.11.20132460

Results of the 5th Congress of Cardiologists of the Siberian Federal Region have been published (October 10-11, 2013 in Barnaul)

Uteroplacental Blood Flow, Cardiac Function and Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Congenital Heart Disease

12.11.20131879

Pregnant women with congenital heart disease (CHD) are susceptible to cardiovascular, obstetric and offspring complications. In women with CHD cardiac dysfunction may compromise uteroplacental flow and contribute to the increased incidence of obstetric and offspring events.

Five Risk Factors Can Guide Referrals to a HF Center,

11.11.20132209

To help general practitioners recognize when to refer severe heart failure (HF) patients to an advanced HF treatment center, researchers in Sweden have identified five risk factors.

ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor-II Antagonist Prescribing and Hospital Admissions with Acute Kidney Injury: A Longitudinal Ecological Study

08.11.20131839

ACE Inhibitors (ACE-I) and Angiotensin-Receptor Antagonists (ARAs) are commonly prescribed but can cause acute kidney injury (AKI) during intercurrent illness.