Author(s):
Ethan R Ellis,
Mark E Josephson
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3 years ago
Cardiomyopathies are heterogeneous heart muscle disorders with a wide range of aetiologies and clinical manifestations. They are often defined by their causes (i.e. hypertension, prior myocardial infarction, valvular heart disease), although current major society definitions describe cardiomyopathy as the presence of abnormal myocardial structure and/or function in the absence of underlying…
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Job title: Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Uniformed Services University of the Health Director, Cardiovascular Research and Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
Todd Villines has served as the Director of Anticoagulation Services and is an active clinician, teacher, and researcher in the areas of anticoagulation therapy, outcomes research, and cardiovascular imaging and prevention.
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Author(s):
Caroline H Roney,
Andrew L Wit,
Nicholas S Peters
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3 years ago
Determining optimal treatment strategies for complex arrhythmogenesis in AF is confounded by the lack of consensus on the mechanisms causing AF. Fundamental to defining arrhythmogenic mechanisms of AF are the distinctions and interplay between functional features (determined by the electrophysiology of a cell) and structural features (determined by whether a structural or anatomical feature is…
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Job title: Professor Vascular Surgery
Dr Tilo Kolbel is professor of vascular surgery at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He trained as a general surgeon in Berlin, worked as a fellow and later staff member in vascular surgery and interventional radiology.
Dr Kolbel is reviewer for major North American, European and Asian vascular and interventional radiological journals and is an editorial board member of the Journal of…
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Job title: Interventional cardiologist
Dr Darren Klass is an Interventional Radiologist at Vancouver Coastal Health since 2011. He is also Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He also acts as the Medical Head of the MRI division and specializes in interventional oncology, aortic intervention, PVD, venous disease, and venous access. His subspecialties are locoregional tumor therapy, MR angiography, and…
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Job title: Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Bianca Rocca, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Catholic University School of Medicine in Rome, Italy. She has achieved the National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Pharmacology and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Center for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, US. Dr Rocca is a Fellow of the European Society of…
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Job title: Professor of Cardiology
Prof Adriaan Voors is aProfessor of Cardiology atUniversity Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NL.
In 2007, he became Established Clinical Investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation.
ProfVoors is an editorial board member of the European Journal of Heart Failure, Clinical Research in Cardiology, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, the Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, and Heart…
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Author(s):
Giuseppe Mascia,
Marzia Giaccardi
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3 years ago
X-rays used in interventional cardiology are proven (class I) carcinogens, and the electrophysiology community should make every effort to give “the right imaging exam, with the right dose, to the right patient”.1 This may be an effective strategy for the primary prevention of cancer for physicians, medical staff and patients (particularly children, young adults and women).2 The impact of X-rays…
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