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The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has welcomed a paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) (1) highlighting concerns over the use of oxygen therapy during MI in patients with normal oxygen levels.

Short falls with community rehabilitation services are undermining the advances in acute medicine for patients who have suffered a stroke, according to a new report produced by the Royal College of Physicians.

A team from the University of Western Ontario have shown that the stress hormone, cortisol, accumulates in human hair and it can be used as a biomarker of risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). (1)

A new study (1) suggests that persistent dysponea is a robust marker of longer hospitalization and poorer outcomes in patients with acute heart failure.

Infections following interventional cardiology procedures are very low but if patients are affected, complications can be life threatening.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published final guidance on the use of Multaq® (dronedarone) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF).

The RealiseAF (Real-life global survey evaluating patients with Atrial Fibrillation) registry show that control of atrial fibrillation (AF) (defined by the 2006 ACC/AHA/ESC AF guidelines as either sinus rhythm or AF with heart rate at rest less than or equal 80 bpm)1 was not achieved in more than 40 percent of the AF patients included in this 10,000 patient cross-sectional registry, as presented today during the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, the registry revealed that a majority of patients complain of symptoms, even when AF is controlled 2 (55.7 percent).

Atrial Fibrillation, Myocardial Revascularisation and Devices For Heart Failure.

The new European Society of Cardiology (ESC)guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), have now included guidance on the role of a novel oral treatment, dabigatran etexilate, for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with AF (1)