The Israel Heart Society (IHS, www.israel-heart.org.il) is a formal society of the Israel Medical Association (IMA), and acts as a formal representative of the cardiology community in Israel. The aims of our society are to augment the professional and scientific knowledge of therapy and prevention of heart diseases in Israel. The IHS is a formal member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC...

BACKGROUND Much of the research comparing specialists and generalists is from studies of patients who had a myocardial infarction. The present study systematically examined this research. METHODS Medline was used to search for all articles published from 1990 to 2003 that compared cardiologists and generalists for adjusted mortality rates of patients with myocardial infarction. From each arti...

This study was designed to evaluate the possible in vivo induction of DNA damage by exposure to radiation in cardiologists. The alkaline comet assay (single cell gel electrophoresis, SCGE), which appears to be a promising tool with which to estimate DNA damage at the single cell level, has been used. The assay was carried out on 30 cardiologists currently employed in a busy cardiac service and ...

The computerized interpretation of the electrocardiogram (ECG) is widely used in clinical practice. In this study, the diagnostic accuracy of a computerized ECG analysis system in determining le!\ atrial enlargement (LAE) was compared to readings made by two experienced cardiologists using LA measurements derived from echocardiography (echo) as a gold standard. LA size and the presence or absen...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-I) are considered safe, but they are associated with characteristic side effects, namely cough and angioedema, usually requiring discontinuation. We perceived that referrals for these side effects have become more and more frequent; therefore, we evaluated the degree of knowledge on the safety of ACE-I in different medical categories...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The Working Group on Ischemic Heart Disease and Coronary Care Units of the Spanish Society of Cardiology evaluated the applicability of a new definition of infarction in Spanish hospitals, its current use, and the opinion of Spanish cardiologists. METHODS A telephone survey was made (from late 2001 to early 2002) in Spanish hospitals to evaluate the availability of...

As pediatric cardiologists, we greatly value objective decision-making and logic. [...].

BACKGROUND Interventional cardiologists may be immune to stress, allowing them to perform complex percutaneous interventions under pressure. OBJECTIVES To assess heart rate (HR) variations as a surrogate marker of stress of interventional cardiologists during percutaneous cardiac procedures and in every-day life. DESIGN This is a single-centre observational study including a total of six ma...

4. Grinberg M, Chehaibar GZ. Enquete Testemunha de Jeová. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2010;95(6):765-6. References DOI: 10.5935/abc.20130133 Dear Editor, In the national and international1-3 medical literature, there is a growing number of manuscripts that focus on bioethics on the medical conduct. A relevant point is the potential for conflict between the benefit (the standpoint of a prudent and diligen...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is commonly performed in patients with stable coronary artery disease, despite current evidence suggesting that such patients derive minimal benefit from the procedure. We sought to determine the influences on cardiologists' decision to perform elective PCI in patients with stable coronary artery disease. METHODS We conducted a qualitative s...