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Study Group: Cardiologists (EU)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 820

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Robert Naeije, MD,PHD
Department Chair of Cardiology
Erasme Hospital

Robert Naeije, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology at Erasme University Hospital and runs the pulmonary hypertension clinic. Dr. Naeije's main area of expertise is pulmonary circulation. His basic research is in the pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension....

Jean-luc Vachiery, MD
Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Clinic
Erasme Hospital

Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD, FESC, is Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit at Erasme Hospital, a European expert PAH center in Belgium. Currently, Dr. Vachiery is involved as a Steering Committee Member and Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator in all major trials on...

Antonio Colombo, MD
Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
San Raffaele Hospital

Antonio Colombo, MD, is Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Columbus Hospital and San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. Dr. Colombo is also a Visiting Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Hospital and Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University. He has extensive...

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Poise Trial: more challenging questions than answers | 06-19-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The POISE trial showed an excess risk of stroke after general surgery, counter-balancing the beneficial effects of IV metoprolol, a betablocker, to protect the heart of a post-operative myocardial infarction. With the population ageing and the growing epidemics of risk factors for cardiovascular...

A user friendly femoral access closure device with a fast learning curve | 10-15-2007
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

1. Angioseal is a very user friendly closure device which saves staff time spent with the patient and reduces he number of pseudoaneurysms, but it does not reduce the overall number of bleeding complications. 2. Angioiseal will probably continue to increase its market share in centers not moving...

A new tool to improve survival rates in cardiac arrest victims? | 10-15-2007
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

1. LUCAS can effectively sustain circulation in spite of cardiac arrest through external mechanical chest compressions thus maintaining a sustenance of blood flow to the brain during CPR. 2. Effective external mechanical chest compression devices like LUCAS, offer a new tool to aid in the treatment...

A New DES with less efficacy but maybe a better saftey profile is on the way. | 10-11-2007
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

1. ENDEVOR subscribes to cardiologist concerned about the saftey profile of Current DES sold in the US (Cypher and TAXUS). 2. ENDEAVOR seems to carry a higher rate of binary restenosis than Cypher, but may have a lower rate of late stent subacute thrombosis (SAT) than either Taxus or...

Better stent technique | 07-30-2007
Analysis of: Scrutiny of Stent Problems Turns to Doctors | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Ten years ago  before drug-eluting era, according to A. Colombo to diminish the stent restenosis three are 3 rules; balloon/artery ratio must be 1.1,  stenting with high deployment pressure and using IVUS. These recommedations are still in common use and stents...

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