{"title":"Detection and management of subclinical atrial fibrillation in implantable and wearable devices","authors":"Jan van den Berg, L. Haegeli","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02180","url":null,"abstract":"This mini review lists available data on detection of subclinical atrial fibrillation (SCAF) in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices and underlines uncertainties that remain when it comes to anticoagulation. Ongoing trials will examine the benefit of anticoagulation in these patients when SCAF duration is in the grey zone between 5–6 minutes and 24 hours. Meanwhile, smart and wearable devices may lead to a more patient-driven than physician-driven diagnostic in detection of AF. Wearables come with opportunities and challenges and cardiologists will need to focus on the right balance between using wearables as an additional diagnostic tool in patients at risk while avoiding overdiagnosis in the healthy general population.","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41420608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PCI in the management of chronic coronary syndromes after the ISCHEMIA Study","authors":"T. Mahendiran, D. Meier, S. Fournier, O. Muller","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47161299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevention Summit 2021: Kardiovaskuläre Prävention in der Praxis (Frankfurt 18.–19. Juni 2021)","authors":"Thomas F. Lscher, R. Amstein","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46251442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection and management of subclinical atrial fibrillation in implantable and wearable devices","authors":"A. Breitenstein","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02219","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46045346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EMPEROR Preserve and What it Means","authors":"T. Lscher","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47154828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Sepulcri, Ian Russi, F. Moccetti, S. Toggweiler, F. Cuculi, B. Berte, R. Kobza, M. Bossard
{"title":"Calcium channel blockers for coronary vasospasm with sudden cardiac arrest – A case report","authors":"Daniel Sepulcri, Ian Russi, F. Moccetti, S. Toggweiler, F. Cuculi, B. Berte, R. Kobza, M. Bossard","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02187","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70752317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youssef S. Abdelwahed, C. Skurk, P. Siegrist, U. Landmesser, G. Werner
{"title":"Full Moon Coronary calcium seen on cardiac Tomography, can it change PCI decision-making and procedure?","authors":"Youssef S. Abdelwahed, C. Skurk, P. Siegrist, U. Landmesser, G. Werner","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02185","url":null,"abstract":"We report the case of a 57-year-old mal complaining of recurrent chest pain admitted electively for a recanalisation attempt to a known chronically totally occluded right coronary artery (RCA). Angiographically, the RCA was seen to have a high-grade in-stent restenosis in its proximal part followed by complete occlusion of the vessel, starting from the mid part of the stent deployed 13 years before (fig. 1). Cardiac computed tomography (CT) was performed as a preparation before the procedure. The RCA was seen to have heavy calcification in its proximal part and within the stent, indicating neoatherosclerotic disease (fig. 2A). The cross-sectional image of the calcified plaque revealed a circular","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43529168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The last impact factor of the European Heart Journal for the Zurich team: a farewell with pride!","authors":"T. Lscher","doi":"10.4414/cvm.2021.02252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2021.02252","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29995,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44327266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}