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Cardiovascular disease risk in gout highest for women, young people

Posted on March 19, 2024

Excess risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with gout — including heart failure and arrhythmias — is highest among women and those... more

Time-restricted eating tied to increased risk for death from heart disease

Posted on March 18, 2024

A time-restricted eating window of less than 8 hours was associated with increased risk for cardiovascular death, according to study findings presented... more

FDA grants breakthrough device designation for resorbable magnesium scaffold for CLTI

Posted on March 18, 2024

Biotronik announced it was granted breakthrough device designation from the FDA its below-the-knee resorbable magnesium scaffold for the treatment of chronic limb-threatening... more

Aldosterone: The hidden hormone linking hypertension and obesity, and a potential target

Posted on March 18, 2024

An op-ed published in February by Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, former director of the CDC, described hypertension as “the deadliest but most... more

ISCP book series

Current Cardiovascular Therapy
Kaski, Juan Carlos.

Series Editor: Juan Carlos Kaski Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy is a fast-moving and complex discipline within cardiology in general. New studies, trials and indications are appearing on a regular basis. This series created with the support of the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy (ISCP) is designed to establish the baseline level of knowledge that a cardiovascular professional needs to know on a day-to-day basis. The information within is designed to allow readers to learn quickly and with certainty the mode of action,...

  • Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy

    A. Ferro, D.A. Garcia (Eds.)

  • Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Avanzas, Pablo; Clemmensen, Peter(Eds.)

  • Atrial Fibrillation Therapy

    Gheorghe-Andrei Dan, Antoni Bayes de Luna, John Camm(Eds.)

board of directors

Providing a leadership and advocacy role amongst members of their national societies.

 

  •   Heinz Drexel

    Director

      Scientific Advisor & Head of VIVIT-Research Institute, Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch (ATHF), A - 1976 Medical degree with highest award of the Republic of Austria, University of Innsbruck 1983-1987 - Ass. Prof., leading physician of the Diabetes inpatient and outpatient clinic, University of Innsbruck - 1988-1990 Ass. Prof. of... more

  •   Alberto Lorenzatti

    President

      Dr. Alberto J. Lorenzatti is currently the Co-Director of the DAMIC Medical Institute / Rusculleda Foundation for Research, Teaching and Patient Care (Head of the Clinical Research network with more than 30 research sites in Argentina) and he was the Chief of Cardiology at the Cordoba Hospital, Cordoba, Argentina... more

  •   Pablo Avanzas

    Secretary

      Professor Pablo Avanzas is Director of Invasive Cardiology at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias and Full Professor of Cardiology at University of Oviedo in Asturias, Spain. Affiliations/Memberships • Full Professor of Cardiology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. • Director of Invasive Cardiology at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo,... more

  •   Sang Hong Baek

    Past President

    Professor Sang Hong Baek is Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation Programme and Preventive Cardiology at Seoul St. Mary's (more…) more