In collaboration with the Medical University of Vienna and the University Hospital of Zurich, members of the Center for Molecular Cardiology have studied the role of growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) for its predictive utility for adverse events in patients with cancer.

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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol (LDL-C) promotes atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with changes in LDL electronegativity modulating its pro-atherogenic/pro-thrombotic effects.

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Identifying the IRA in patients with ACSs has profound diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications

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Das Leben besteht aus mehr als nur Arbeit, auch für engagierte Kardiolog:innen, Gastroenterolog:innen und Ernährungsmediziner:innen. So geniessen wir alle – und auch die Patient:innen – gerne Wein, Getränke, Süssigkeiten und Kaffee, allein oder in Gesellschaft. Sind das verbotene Freuden oder schützen sie gar vor Krankheit und Tod?

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For many years, cardiovascular disease was considered a male disease. Consequently, common data of registries, clinical trials and the like, were all reported for the entire patient population and only until recently has it become mandatory to report data on males and females separately.

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Cardiovascular (CV) diseases remain the leading cause of death globally, of which the majority are due to chronic and acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

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Professor Thomas Lüscher, MD,  FRCP, FESC: awarded Honorary Membership of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology Balatonfüred, Hungary, May 11, 2023

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) accounts for between 1 and 4% of cases presenting clinically as an acute coronary syndrome. It typically presents as a transient cardiac phenotype of left ventricular dysfunction with spontaneous recovery.

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An den Grand Rounds des Royal Brompton Hospital in London sprach Prof. Thomas Lüscher, London/Zürich, über die Errungenschaften der Kardiologie in den letzten Jahrzehnten und über ihre Zukunft.

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In advanced cancer, cachexia is frequently observed in 30% to 80% of patients, depending on the cancer type, stage, and comorbidities.