On Call Cardiology

Critical care cardiology research: a call to action.

Evaluation of the cardiology curriculum based on the opinions of the assistants of cardiology

Background: Revision and promotion of educational programs, as well as guiding such programs from the traditional to modern ones, have been one of the goals of educational planning in order to improve the educational status. The present study was performed based on the opinions of the cardiology assistants.   Methods:  This research was a cross sectional study and all the participants included ...

[Update on interventional cardiology].

This article contains a review of the most important studies on interventional cardiology reported in either publications or presentations. In the area of coronary interventions, ST-elevation myocardial infarction continues to take center place: recent studies have confirmed the importance of timely intervention and the safety of drug-eluting stents. The numerous studies that have compared diff...

Update on interventional cardiology 2013.

The present article reviews the most important publications and studies in the field of interventional cardiology in 2013. Coronary interventions for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction are among the most important, with studies that assess different devices and pharmacologic and mechanical strategies in primary angioplasty. Increasingly large groups of patients (with diabetes, of advanc...

International perspectives on nuclear cardiology.