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Author(s): Robert J Henning Added: 3 years ago
Myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of death among people in the industrialised world and will, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), become the leading cause of death in the world in 2020.1 For the treatment of patients with MIs and ischaemic cardiomyopathies, remarkable medical advances have been made during the second half of the 20th Century that have increased patient… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

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Author(s): P Sridhar , M Hedrick , T Baker , et al Added: 3 years ago
Abstract Adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRCs) continue to be evaluated for use in the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure, particularly in those refractory to, or not suitable for, currently available options. This population of cells has demonstrated the ability to facilitate wound repair through the restoration of blood flow in ischaemic conditions, reduction in inflammation… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
Author(s): Christian Homsy Added: 3 years ago
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the largest cause of mortality in the world, before cancer and infectious diseases. World Health Organization statistics for 2008 show that close to one in three deaths (29 %) in the world is due to CVD, representing more than 17 million per year. Cardiac diseases represent around 60 % of CVDs and are the single largest cause of death in the CVD population. Cardiac… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Heart Failure
Demosthenes G Katritsis
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Editor-in-Chief, Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review (AER)
Dr Demosthenes G Katritsis MD, PhD (London), FRCP, FESC, FACC Dr D Katritsis graduated from Athens Medical School in 1979. He trained in General Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK from 1981 to 1984. During the period 1985-1990 he specialized in clinical and interventional cardiology at St Thomas’ Hospital. From 1990 to 1994 he gained experience in arrhythmias and interventional… View more
Alison W. Loren
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Cardio-oncology

 Job title: Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, US
Alison W. Loren, MD, MSCE serves as the Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Loren is the Director of Blood and Marrow Transplant in the Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, a clinician in hematologic malignancies, and a Professor of Medicine.With an extensive portfolio of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Heart Failure

Cardio-oncology

 Job title: Medical Director of Cardio-oncology
Dr Charles Porter is the Medical Director of Cardio-oncology atThe University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, US.He has been active in heart failure and transplant cardiology since 1984. He has afocus on preventing and managing heart failure in patients receiving Herceptin for breast cancer. He became the US Vice President of the International Cardio-oncology Society in 2010. He is the… View more
Joseph C. Wu
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Imaging

Cardio-oncology

Congenital Heart Disease

 Job title: Director
A cardiologist with board certification, Dr. Wu. is the Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine and the director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Wu was also chosen by the American Heart Association to serve as its president-elect for the 2022–2023 fiscal year. He conducts extensive research focussing on clinical… View more
Marco Valgimigli
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Deputy Chief of Cardiology
Prof Marco Valgimigli is an Interventional Cardiologist and Deputy Chief of Cardiology at the Cardiocentro Ticino Institute in Lugano, Switzerland.He obtained his medical degree from the University of Bologna, and completed his training in internal medicine at the same university. He received a degree in cardiological sciences at the University of Ferrara and a PhD in interventional cardiology at… View more
Individualising Antithrombotic Strategies for Established CAD
Author(s): Marco Valgimigli , Vijay Kunadian , Pascal Vranckx , et al Start date: Feb 22, 2023

Prevention & Chronic Conditions

Intervention
A Novel Imaging Probe for the Detection of Autophagy in Pre-clinical Pig Models of Myocardial Ischaemia–Reperfusion Injury
Author(s): Howard Chen Added: 4 years ago

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