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ZURICH HEART HOUSE

The Zurich Heart House is a center of excellence focused on cardiovascular research.
Being recognized as a platform for educational programs including scientific and clinical meetings, the Zurich Heart House (ZHH) is also the home of the editorial office of a renowned scientific journal. Due to these multiple functions that the ZHH supports, naturally, it is an integral part of an international network within the field of cardiovascular medicine.

Collectively, the ZHH enables synergistic collaborations and possibilities to promote the field of cardiovascular research and professional education. These multiple possibilities improve the research reputation of Zurich and ZHH can also be considered as a think tank for ways to improve patient care. Thus, the ZHH provides a service to the general public, especially those affected with heart disease.

News

26.
November 2018
Schiff im Sonnenuntergang

Political Correctness oder das Ende der Aufklärung

"When you suppress an idea, you suppress every debate it might inspire for all time." ─John Stuart Mill


Die Vision
Immanuel Kant, der Philosoph der Aufklärung, hat es in Worte gefasst: «Aufklärung ist der Austritt des Menschen aus seiner selbstverschuldeten Unmündigkeit. Unmündigkeit ist das Unvermögen sich seines eigene Verstandes ohne Anleitung eines anderen zu bedienen.» Aufklärung heisst Mündigkeit, Reifung zum freien Menschen. Angefangen hatte es 250 Jahre vor der Aufklärung mit Luthers Bibelübersetzung: Nicht länger sollten Priester in unverständlichem Latein die Botschaft vermitteln; nein, jeder Gläubige sollte sich selber ein Bild von Gottes Wort machen. Luther hatte die Macht der Päpste und ihrer Diener in Frage gestellt, nicht länger waren es die Priester, die den Menschen die Wahrheit näher brachten, sie sollten sie selber finden. In der Aufklärung ging es dann nicht um Gott, es ging um das eigene Denken: Sapere aude! Es ging um den Mut sich seines eigenen Verstandes zu bedienen; und Mut brauchte es in den absolutistischen Monarchien, in denen Zensurbehörden und die Kirche das Denken ihrer Bürger bestimmten.


Der Artikel zum Thema von Thomas F. Lüscher ist in Cardiovascular Medicine 2018/11 erschienen.

19.
November 2018
Cardiology Update Davos

Cardiology Update Davos, 16─20 February 2019

The 23rd edition of the Cardiology Update course will be hosted in Davos, Switzerland from 16 to 20 February 2019.


This important meeting in the field of cardiology represents a joint educational programme organised by the Zurich Heart House, the University of Zurich and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Michigan School of Medicine. As such, it is a truly transatlantic exchange of knowledge, highlighting both European and US cardiology practice and treatment modalities.

A distinguished international teaching faculty will contribute to an outstanding programme on the latest scientific and therapeutic developments, as well as on new intervention and treatment strategies in cardiology. Special emphasis is being placed on the presentation and clinical implementation of the new ESC guidelines published at the ESC Congress 2018 in Munich.

Cardiology Update was founded in 1975 by the two renowned cardiologists, Bertram Pitt from Ann Arbor and the deceased Paul Lichtlen, former chairman of Hannover. The number of participants has grown substantially since then, to 600 individuals from 46 countries in 2017. Bertram Pitt and Thomas F. Lüscher, the European course directors for more than 20 years, recently welcomed two world-class opinion leaders from Boston to the board: Peter Libby and Marc Pfeffer. In addition, two outstanding Swiss cardiologists and experts in the field of preventive and interventional cardiology, namely François Mach from the University Hospital Geneva and Stephan Windecker from the University Hospital Bern, will join the team to conduct the course in 2019.

The highly acclaimed CME-accredited programme provides four days of comprehensive education in all major areas of cardiovascular medicine. The educational objectives are to review and disseminate the latest knowledge about advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Cardiology Update is designed for clinicians specialised in cardiology, but is also worthwhile for internal and general medicine specialists with an interest in cardiovascular disease. The main features of the course are state-of-the art lectures, interactive case presentations and clinical decision seminars. In addition, video live cases, “Meet the Expert” sessions, and poster sessions further complement the programme. In order to foster participation of young cardiologists, a dedicated session designed by SCOT, Swiss Cardiologists of Tomorrow, will be organised. The spirit of the course is a stimulating working and learning environment, combined with many opportunities for networking among faculty members and participants.

Programme and registration: www.cardiologyupdate.ch

Announcement in the European Heart Journal

25.
October 2018

Blick zurück auf grosse Ärzte, ihre Taten und die Folgen

Die Medizin braucht wie alles im Leben Vorbilder, denen die nächsten Generationen nacheifern können. Was Pioniere auszeichnet, ist ihre Fähigkeit, scheinbar fest Verankertes in Frage zu stellen, Grenzen zu überschreiten und Unerwartetes zu nutzen. Wenn die Erinnerung uns erneut daran denken lässt, haben die Jahrestage ihre Wirkung getan.


Der Artikel zum Thema von Thomas F. Lüscher ist in Cardiovascular Medicine 2018/10 erschienen.