Search results

Filters
Close
ADDED DATE
Added date
TOPICS Please select
WATCH / LISTEN / READ TIME
Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose in FAIR-HF2 Trial Shows No Significant Reduction in Heart Failure Events but Improves Quality of Life
Added: 11 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
AUTHOR: Sean DelaneyIn the landmark FAIR-HF2 randomized clinical trial (NCT03036462)1, intravenous (IV) ferric carboxymaltose did not significantly reduce heart failure (HF) hospitalizations or cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure and iron deficiency, despite improving patient-reported quality of life outcomes. Results were presented at ACC.252 and concurrently published in JAMA3… View more

Heart Failure
Job title: Head, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Dr Romaric Loffroy is the Head, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Center of Mini-Invasive Image-Guided Therapies, François-Mitterrand Teaching Hospital, University of Bourgogne/Franche-Comté, Dijon, France. Dr Loffroy obtained his medical degree from the University of Bourgogne/Franche-Comté, Dijon, France in 2001 and then perceived his residency in radiology at the same… View more
Dr Nicholas Inston graduated in medicine from the University of Nottingham with a BMedSci awarded in 1991 and BM BS in 1993. His first post was in the Professorial Dept of Surgery at QMC, Nottingham and thereafter as Anatomy Demonstrator at Nottingham University, surgical training on the Warwickshire and Worcestershire rotation and higher surgical training in the West Midlands Deanery. Developing… View more
Job title: Clinical Associate Professor, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
DrEvald Høj Christiansen is an Associate Professor in the Cardiology Department of Aarhus University Hospital. He is an interventional cardiologist with 15 years' of experience in the field. His main interest is chronic total occlusions, bifurcations, coronary imaging, physiologic evaluations of coronary artery disease, and TAVR. He has performed a series of studies in this area and has conducted… View more
Christoph Varenhorst
Job title: Associate Professor and Senior Consultant Cardiologist
Christoph Varenhorst is associate professor of Cardiology and Senior Consultant Cardiologist at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala Clinical Research Center in Uppsala, Sweden. Christoph Varenhorsts research focuses on different aspects of coronary artery disease in both observational real world data sets and experimental clinical trial research. View more
Todd Brown
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr Todd Brown is a cardiologist in Birmingham, Alabama and is affiliated with University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and has been in practice between 11-20 years. He is one of 57 doctors at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital who specialize in Cardiology. View more
Dinesh Kalra
Job title: Assistant Professor
Dr Dinesh K Kalra, MD, attended and graduated from medical school in 1994, having over 25 years of diverse experience, especially in Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology). Dr Kalra is a Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College and Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging. Dr Dinesh Kalra is an Editorial Board member of US Cardiology Review. View more
TTR Therapies Show Delayed Mortality Benefit in ATTR-CM
Added: 2 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
Therapies for transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), including transthyretin (TTR) stabilisers and silencers, have demonstrated a mortality benefit in randomised trials. However, the timing of this benefit has been a subject of debate. A new analysis of three major outcomes trials has evaluated this time course, revealing a consistent pattern across different treatments… View more

Heart Failure
Lina Badimon
Research Area(s) / Expertise:

Atherosclerosis and Hyperlipidemia

 Job title: Director
Career Overview Prof Badimon is currently Director of the Cardiovascular Science Program at the Hospital Santa Creu and San Pau in Barcelona, Spain. She is Vice-President of Scientific Affairs at the European Society of Cardiology, and has been awarded with the “Rey Jamie I” Award for Medical Research by Generalitat Valenciana, Spain. Prof Lina Badimon's research focuses on thrombosis and… View more
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Director of Cardiac MRI and Structural CT Labs
Dr João L. Cavalcante earned his medical degree the Universidade Federal do Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil. He did his internal medicine residency, chief residency and cardiology fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan with Level II training in nuclear cardiology. He completed a dedicated 2-year advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic obtaining… View more