Current News in Cardiology

Cardiomyopathy.- Managing Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Screening in Young Subjects.- The Prevention of Sudden Death: New Perspectives.- Which Patient and when Should Receive an ICD? Evolving New Indications on the Horizon.- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Is Defibrillation Threshold Testing Still Necessary in all Patients?.- Current Practice in Italy of VF Testing at Implant: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?.- How To Choose Between Single-Chamber and Dual-Chamber ICD.- Which Patients Should Receive Dual Defibrillators? Results of DATAS.- Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Genetic Arrhythmias.- Cost-Effectiveness of ICD Therapy in the Prevention of Sudden Death in CAD and/or HF Patients.- Cardiac Pacing.- Hemodynamic Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing.- Hemodynamics in Standard Cardiac Pacing.- Hemodynamic Assessment with an Implanted Pacing Device.- Hemodynamic Optimization of Pacing Configuration in Bradyarrhythmias.- Applications of TVI Sensing in Cardiac Stimulation.- The Ideal Pacemaker for Complete AV Block.- The Ideal Pacemaker for Elderly Patients.- Electrocardiography.- Update on ACC/ESC Criteria for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.- ECG-MRI based Localization of Myocardial Infarction.- Electrocardiographic Predictors of Arrhythmias In CCU Patients.- The Routine ECG as a Marker of Sudden Cardiac Death.- Acute Coronary Syndromes.- International Guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndrome: Practical Application and Current News in Cardiology.- Is There a Limit to PTCA in Elderly Patients?.- When Should Patients with Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Undergo Cardiac Surgery?.- Minimally Invasive Techniques in Cardiac Surgery: An Opportunity for All Patients?.- Global Cardiovascular Risk Prevention.- Cardiovascular Risk Management: An Overview.- Is Arterial Pressure Self-Measurement Better Than Ambulatory 24-Hour Pressure Monitoring?.- Role of Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk: Clinical Guidelines.- New Evidence about the Beneficial Effects of Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers on the Heart and the Kidney.- Lercanidipine, Enalapril, and Their Combination in the Treatment of Elderly Hypertensive Patients.