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European Society of Cardiology Core Curriculum for cardio?oncology

European Journal of Heart Failure

Abstract Cardio-oncology is a rapidly growing field of cardiovascular (CV) medicine that has resulted from the continuously increasing clinical demand for specialized CV evaluation, prevention and management of patients suffering or surviving from malignant diseases.

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Sleep Apnea Prevalence in Cardio-Oncology Patients Similar to Other Risk Factors

HCPLive

Sleep apnea prevalence in cardiology patients was similar to the rates in patients with heart failure., and sleep apnea prevalence in cardio-oncology patients was the same or greater than other traditional risk factors.

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Update on preclinical models of cancer therapy‐related cardiac dysfunction: Challenges and perspectives. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC, the ESC Council of Cardio‐Oncology, and the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart

European Journal of Heart Failure

Furthermore, it discusses how preclinical models have contributed to the provocative concept of heart failure being potentially tumorigenic and how the discovery of drugs with both anticancer and cardioprotective actions has revealed a common mechanistic basis for heart failure and cancer.

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Heart Failure Society of America issues cardio-oncology guidance: 5 things to know

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

The Heart Failure Society of America has released a scientific statement outlining its insights on the link between heart failure and cancer, the two leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the U.S. 15 in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. The statement was published Oct.

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Features of trastuzumab-related cardiac dysfunction: deformation analysis outside left ventricular global longitudinal strain

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

The baseline risk of CTRCD was graded according to the risk score proposed by the Heart Failure Association (HFA) Cardio-Oncology Working Group and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS). CTRCD and its severity were defined according to the current European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines.

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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2024

Cardiology Update

Heart Failure 2024 Date: May 11-14, 2024 Location: Lisbon, Portugal and online Overview: The Heart Failure Congress stands as the premier global gathering encompassing the full spectrum of heart failure. Hashtag: #ESCPrev2024 5. Hashtag: #HeartFailure2024 6.

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Cardiotoxicity of adjuvant chemotherapy with trastuzumab: a Japanese claim-based data analysis

Open Heart

Patients with recurrent or advanced-stage breast cancer, with a history of heart failure, receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy or a preoperative history of less than 6 months were excluded. Women with breast cancer who underwent initial surgery were included. Results We identified 12 060 eligible patients (mean age 50.8±8.56