General Cardiology

Why hypertension is still a problem? Stories of two patients. Good and Bad outcomes.

Why hypertension is still a problem? Key high blood pressure therapy issues. 1

Hypertension treatment success and failure. Top cardiologist discusses two clinical cases.

Hypertension treatment risks. Die at 60 from stroke or at 90 from cancer? 10

Controversies in hypertension therapy. How to choose best high blood pressure treatment? 8

Hypertension treatment. ‘New’ vs. ‘old' drugs: how to choose best therapy? 7

How to measure blood pressure in the best way? Office vs. home vs. 24-hour monitor. 6

Hypertension therapy in very elderly: Must avoid orthostatic hypotension! 5

Hypertension treatment goals: every millimeter of blood pressure counts! 4

Hypertension, diabetes, obesity: What are blood pressure treatment goals? 3

Hypertension in diabetes and in metabolic syndrome. Best treatment options. 2

Blood clots below and above the knee. How to treat deep venous thrombosis? 13

How is DVT diagnosed? How to find blood clots in legs? 12

Silent heart disease. Diagnosis by CT coronary angiography. 6

Cardiac CT? Or cardiac MRI? Difference between indications for CT and MRI of the heart. 2

MRI in heart failure. Cardiomyopathy diagnosis by MRI. 1

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Causes and treatment. 8

Right-sided heart failure. Right ventricular failure is a problem to diagnose and to treat correctly. 7

Shortness of breath. Expert medical second opinion. Multidisciplinary team assessment. 6

Causes of Shortness of Breath. Patients wait 2 years to find correct diagnosis. Patients spend $150,000 on average. 5

Future in treatment of chronic liver disease. Benefits of statin medications for walls of blood vessels. 11

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. How to decrease personal risk? 7

Stem cells in heart disease. Promise and reality of stem cell therapy in heart failure and coronary artery disease. 8

Advanced heart failure. Surgical treatment. ECMO. LVAD. The future. 6

Causes of blood clots. Deep Venous Thrombosis. 6

Treatment of Blood Diseases. Hematology. 1

Brain aneurysm rupture in a 45 year-old man. Clinical case. 11

Up to 6% of all people have unruptured brain aneurysms. Risk factors for intracranial aneurysm rupture. 3

Atrial fibrillation in elderly patients. Thrombosis vs. bleeding risk. 7

Direct oral anticoagulants or vitamin K antagonists? When to use? 6

Deep vein thrombosis and cancer risk. Heparin and aspirin in DVT. 5

Blood clots risk and mutations. Do a genetic test or not? 4. [Parts 1 and 2]

VITT.
vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia and COVID-19 vaccination. 11. [Parts 1 and 2]

Functional tricuspid regurgitation. Early treatment is crucial. HFpEF. 7

Heart valve disease imaging. Cardiac MRI and CT. 
Ultrasound of the heart. 3

Dr. Francesco Maisano. Life story. Father’s heart attack inspires path to cardiac surgery. 1

Heart disease is infection. It is spread by Western diet. 1

Courage of patients is amazing. Heart transplantation surgeon admires patients’ will to survive. 12

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ECMO helps cardiac arrest patients to survive. 11

Future of heart transplantation. Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD. Total Artificial Heart, TAH. 10