Edition 2023/05

The latest issue of Cardiovascular Medicine deals with various topics on cardiovascular diseases, again with a focus on sex-specific subjects.

Der Arztberuf ist auch heute noch eine Berufung und eine Passion. Aber die Gesellschaft und die Zeiten haben sich geändert. Der Beruf muss sich diesen Veränderungen anpassen und sich modernisieren.

Am 22. Juli 2023 ist der bekannte Schweizer Kardiologe Paul J. E. Erne nach langer Krankheit verstorben. Paul Erne war ein in der Schweiz und darüber hinaus hoch angesehener Kardiologe.

This review article summarises sex and gender differences in patients with coronary artery disease, with a particular focus on INOCA.

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Emerging data indicates that there are relevant sex-specific differences in the pathobiology, clinical presentation, and management of ACS in women and men.

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in women presents unique challenges in terms of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Rare forms of ACS, such as takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), have gained increasing attention in recent years.

This review article provides a condensed but comprehensive summary of the latest knowledge of sex-specific aspects of arrhythmias.

The case of a 50-year-old woman with a chemotherapeutically treated primary mediastinal lymphoma and circumferential pericardial effusion, whose echocardiogram revealed unusual intrapericardial colour and pulsed-wave Doppler flow signals.

An infrequently diagnosed case of atrial infarction which occurred in conjunction with left ventricular myocardial infarction is presented.