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Date

Title

Topic(s)

Date: 13 Jun 2021

Title: If it can happen to a professional athlete, it can happen to anyone

Topic(s): Cardiac Arrest; Acute Cardiac Care
Date: 10 Jun 2021

Title: Improving heart health may reduce the severity of COVID-19 disease

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Hypertension
Date: 04 Jun 2021

Title: ESC Congress 2021 – Highlights from the Scientific Programme

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 01 Jun 2021

Title: Hypertension during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of stroke in offspring

Topic(s): Stroke Treatment; Stroke Prevention; Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease; Hypertension
Date: 28 May 2021

Title: Heart Failure 2021: improving quality of life in patients with heart failure

Topic(s): Heart Failure
Date: 27 May 2021

Title: Disease of the smallest heart blood vessels is important global health problem

Topic(s): Stroke; Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Acute Cardiac Care
Date: 26 May 2021

Title: Investment needed to ensure safer medical devices

Topic(s): Device Therapy; Public Health and Health Economics
Date: 26 May 2021

Title: Leading global cardiovascular organisations release joint opinion on achieving the ‘tobacco endgame’

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 21 May 2021

Title: Slow yoga prevents fainting

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 19 May 2021

Title: Health and the city: using urban design to promote heart health

Topic(s): Public Health; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 18 May 2021

Title: EBC MAIN trial results – what is new and what will change in left main stenting?

Topic(s): Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Date: 18 May 2021

Title: Cool AMI EU pivotal trial- final results after trial discontinuation following ad interim analysis

Topic(s): Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Date: 18 May 2021

Title: A new meta-analysis supports elective revascularization and medical therapy for reducing cardiac death

Topic(s): Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Date: 17 May 2021

Title: Middle-aged women urged to check their blood pressure to avoid heart attacks

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Risk Assessment; Hypertension; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 14 May 2021

Title: Depression and anxiety more common in heart failure than cancer patients

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Depression and Heart Disease; Heart Failure
Date: 12 May 2021

Title: EuroHeartCare – ACNAP Congress 2021: helping patients manage heart conditions

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Nursing
Date: 06 May 2021

Title: Breathing problems are the second most common symptom of heart attacks

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care
Date: 29 Apr 2021

Title: Fish oil supplements linked with heart rhythm disorder

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Date: 25 Apr 2021

Title: Practical advice launched on stroke prevention drug use in atrial fibrillation patients

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Date: 25 Apr 2021

Title: Study paves the way for preventing sudden cardiac arrest in the community

Topic(s): Diabetes and the Heart; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy
Date: 25 Apr 2021

Title: Can a personalised approach more accurately allocate cardiac devices?

Topic(s): Device Therapy; Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
Date: 25 Apr 2021

Title: Atrial fibrillation is a warning sign for other health problems

Topic(s): Secondary Prevention; Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 25 Apr 2021

Title: Screening for most common heart rhythm disorder does not occur in Europe

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 24 Apr 2021

Title: Study highlights risks of anxiety and depression after cardiac device implantation

Topic(s): Device Therapy; Depression and Heart Disease
Date: 24 Apr 2021

Title: Simple foot test detects heart rhythm disorder in patients with diabetes

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Risk Assessment; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 24 Apr 2021

Title: Global experts define how to assess quality of care for patients with atrial fibrillation

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Clinical Skills
Date: 23 Apr 2021

Title: People with heart rhythm disorders warned over cannabis use

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 22 Apr 2021

Title: Medical societies call for evidence-based EU health policy and regulation

Topic(s): Public Health and Health Economics
Date: 20 Apr 2021

Title: Disrupted sleep is linked to increased risk of death, particularly in women

Topic(s): Sleep Disorders; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 17 Apr 2021

Title: Heart patients advised to move more to avoid heart attacks and strokes

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 16 Apr 2021

Title: EU assessment of high-risk medical devices faces in-depth review

Topic(s): Device Therapy
Date: 16 Apr 2021

Title: Heart health of shift workers linked to body clock

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 15 Apr 2021

Title: Study strengthens links between red meat and heart disease

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Nutrition, Malnutrition and Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 13 Apr 2021

Title: ICNC-CT 2021 Virtual: Get ready for innovations in cardiovascular imaging

Topic(s): Imaging; Cardiac Computed Tomography; Nuclear Imaging
Date: 12 Apr 2021

Title: EuroCMR 2021: imaging the heart to personalise treatment

Topic(s): Imaging; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Date: 09 Apr 2021

Title: Leisure physical activity is linked with health benefits but work activity is not

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 07 Apr 2021

Title: Heart patients three times more likely to have diabetes than general population

Topic(s): Diabetes and the Heart; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 06 Apr 2021

Title: Call for cardiovascular scientists to contribute data to multinational platform

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 31 Mar 2021

Title: Heart attacks in young adults more deadly in those with systemic inflammatory disease

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 30 Mar 2021

Title: Air pollution and physical exercise: when to do more or less

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 29 Mar 2021

Title: EHRA 2021: envisioning the future treatment of heart rhythm disorders

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Atrial Fibrillation
Date: 26 Mar 2021

Title: Stressed brain linked to broken heart

Topic(s): Stress, Psycho-Social and Cultural Aspects of Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 24 Mar 2021

Title: How to prevent and treat high blood pressure with exercise

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 19 Mar 2021

Title: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021: myths and facts about the prevention of heart disease

Topic(s): Preventive Cardiology; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 13 Mar 2021

Title: Exhaustion linked with increased risk of heart attack in men

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Risk Assessment; Stress, Psycho-Social and Cultural Aspects of Heart Disease; Depression and Heart Disease
Date: 12 Mar 2021

Title: Heart attack diagnosis missed in women more often than in men

Topic(s): Stress, Psycho-Social and Cultural Aspects of Heart Disease; Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 11 Mar 2021

Title: Exercise linked with better health in patients with kidney disease

Topic(s): Renal Failure and Cardiovascular Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 11 Mar 2021

Title: Mindfulness meditation improves quality of life in heart attack survivors

Topic(s): Secondary Prevention; Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 01 Mar 2021

Title: Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure

Topic(s): Heart Failure
Date: 18 Feb 2021

Title: Damage to the heart found in more than half of COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital

Topic(s): Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease
Date: 15 Feb 2021

Title: ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021: delivering urgent cardiac care during a pandemic

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care;
Date: 12 Feb 2021

Title: Heart failure cases soar globally

Topic(s): Heart Failure
Date: 12 Feb 2021

Title: Instant death from heart attack more common in people who do not exercise

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 10 Feb 2021

Title: Heart disease deaths rising in young women

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 09 Feb 2021

Title: High blood pressure causes atrial fibrillation

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Prevention
Date: 08 Feb 2021

Title: You can’t pause a heart

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care; Acute Coronary Syndromes
Date: 05 Feb 2021

Title: People infected with COVID-19 have a higher risk of dying after a cardiac arrest

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care;
Date: 04 Feb 2021

Title: Cancer patients not receiving life-saving heart attack treatment

Topic(s): Cardio-Oncology; Acute Cardiac Care
Date: 03 Feb 2021

Title: MEPs call for bold action to limit effect of pandemic on cardiovascular health

Topic(s): Cardiology; Public Health and Health Economics
Date: 28 Jan 2021

Title: Leading cardiovascular organizations call for urgent action to reduce air pollution

Topic(s): Cardiology; Environmental and Occupational Aspects of Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 27 Jan 2021

Title: Hypertension symptoms in women often mistaken for menopause

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Hypertension
Date: 26 Jan 2021

Title: Rich European countries have higher atrial fibrillation death rates than least wealthy

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 22 Jan 2021

Title: Being fat linked with worse heart health even in people who exercise

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Physical Inactivity and Exercise; Obesity
Date: 13 Jan 2021

Title: One small alcoholic drink a day is linked to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 07 Jan 2021

Title: COVID-19 infection linked with higher death rate in acute heart failure patients

Topic(s): Heart Failure
Date: 21 Dec 2020

Title: Socioeconomic background linked to survival after having a cardiac arrest in hospital

Topic(s): Cardiac Arrest; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations
Date: 21 Dec 2020

Title: ESC CONGRESS 2021: SAVE THE DATE

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 18 Dec 2020

Title: Top ESC stories in the news in 2020

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 17 Dec 2020

Title: Nightmares linked with anxiety and insomnia in heart patients

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 12 Dec 2020

Title: Patients with non-cardiac chest pain are reassured with brief education

Topic(s): Imaging
Date: 11 Dec 2020

Title: Test your heart health by climbing stairs

Topic(s): Imaging; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 09 Dec 2020

Title: Cancer patients receiving immunotherapy drugs have a higher risk of heart problems

Topic(s): Cardio-Oncology; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 02 Dec 2020

Title: Patients with heart rhythm disorders warned against heavy alcohol consumption

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General; Environmental and Occupational Aspects of Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 26 Nov 2020

Title: High blood pressure in midlife is linked to increased brain damage in later life

Topic(s): Hypertension
Date: 24 Nov 2020

Title: Act now to meet global heart disease targets

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 20 Nov 2020

Title: ESC Asia with APSC & AFC: the hottest cardiovascular science from an Asian perspective

Topic(s): Cardiology
Date: 19 Nov 2020

Title: Social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic linked with high blood pressure

Topic(s): Hypertension
Date: 18 Nov 2020

Title: EACVI – Best of Imaging 2020: Get ready for the latest science at this world leading event

Topic(s): Imaging
Date: 16 Nov 2020

Title: ESC Digital Health Week: pushing the boundaries of digital medicine

Topic(s): Hospital Information Systems, Electronic Records, Clinical Decision Support
Date: 14 Nov 2020

Title: Most type 2 diabetes patients are at high risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke

Topic(s): Diabetes and the Heart; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 05 Nov 2020

Title: Mothers’ lifestyle predicts when offspring will have first heart attack or stroke

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 27 Oct 2020

Title: Study estimates exposure to air pollution increases COVID-19 deaths by 15% worldwide

Topic(s): Environmental and Occupational Aspects of Heart Disease
Date: 21 Oct 2020

Title: Heart attacks more deadly in homeless people compared to other patients

Topic(s): Risk Factors and Prevention; Cardiovascular Disease in Special Populations
Date: 19 Oct 2020

Title: Big babies could be at higher risk of common heart rhythm disorder in adulthood

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 16 Oct 2020

Title: Poor diet is top contributor to heart disease deaths globally

Topic(s): Nutrition, Malnutrition and Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 15 Oct 2020

Title: Risk of heart complications after major surgery is higher than previously thought

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 14 Oct 2020

Title: Young women who suffer a heart attack have worse outcomes than men

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Disease in Women; Acute Coronary Syndromes
Date: 07 Oct 2020

Title: Catheter ablation linked to reduced risk of dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation

Topic(s): Atrial Fibrillation; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 06 Oct 2020

Title: EACTS/ESC joint statement on the revision of the Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization

Topic(s): European Society of Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Date: 29 Sep 2020

Title: ESC statement on hydroxychloroquine and arrhythmias in COVID-19 patients

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General;
Date: 29 Sep 2020

Title: Preventing heart disease could keep more people employed and save billions for the economy

Topic(s): Environmental and Occupational Aspects of Heart Disease; Risk Factors and Prevention
Date: 25 Sep 2020

Title: Heart rhythm in COVID-19 patients receiving short term treatment with hydroxychloroquine

Topic(s): Arrhythmias, General;
Date: 23 Sep 2020

Title: Resuming sexual activity soon after heart attack linked with improved survival

Topic(s): Secondary Prevention; Cardiovascular Rehabilitation; Physical Inactivity and Exercise
Date: 15 Sep 2020

Title: Hostility linked with higher risk of death after second heart attacks

Topic(s): Secondary Prevention; Stress, Psycho-Social and Cultural Aspects of Heart Disease
Date: 01 Sep 2020

Title: Best of ESC Congress 2020 – The Digital Experience

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 01 Sep 2020

Title: Educational mailing fails to improve medication use in patients with atrial fibrillation

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 01 Sep 2020

Title: Trial clarifies use of blood transfusion in anaemic heart attack patients

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 01 Sep 2020

Title: First randomised trial backs safety of common heart drugs in COVID-19 patients

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 01 Sep 2020

Title: First treatment identified for fainting

Topic(s): Cardiology;
Date: 31 Aug 2020

Title: Gout drug repurposed to fight heart disease

Topic(s): Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy;

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