Valvular & cardiovascular diseases
CardioF
CardioF is a clinic dedicated to women’s heart health, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women.
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07/12/2025
CardioF is a clinic dedicated to women’s heart health, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women.
The Heart Failure Clinic (CLIC) provides regular and personalized follow-up to optimize treatments, monitor symptoms, and adjust care in collaboration with the medical team, with the goal of improving quality of life and preventing complications.
Coronary angiography uses contrast dye and X-rays to visualize the heart’s arteries and detect blockages. Introduced in the late 1950s, it transformed the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Medical Assistance in Dying: a legal and regulated process that respects each person’s dignity, freedom, and values
Antiarrhythmic medications are used to correct an irregular heartbeat or prevent episodes of arrhythmia. They act on different electrical mechanisms of the heart, depending on their category. Some are taken as needed, while others are used daily to help maintain a regular heart rhythm.
This recipe combines the crispness of fennel and the freshness of orange with the richness of lightly fried goat cheese. Perfect as a refined appetizer or a light meal, it features simple ingredients that are naturally rich in antioxidants and good for the heart.
The discovery of cardiac catheterization, born from an unusual and daring event, represents a major milestone in cardiology. This breakthrough transformed the way heart diseases are diagnosed and understood.
Calcium channel blockers are a widely used class of medications in cardiology.
They help treat high blood pressure, certain heart rhythm disorders, and chest pain caused by angina.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is often discovered by chance, without any symptoms. Yet, if it tears or ruptures, the consequences can be serious—even fatal.
The key is to monitor the aneurysm’s evolution regularly in order to determine the right time to intervene.
Anticoagulants are primarily used in individuals who have already developed a clot in major blood vessels (deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism) or who suffer from certain arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Their primary goal is to reduce the risk of stroke caused by the formation and detachment of a clot in the left atrium.
This site is intended to provide information and make cardiology comprehensible for all patients; it is not a substitute for a doctor. It does, however, enable a better understanding of how the heart works, the many heart diseases that exist, the tests required to reach a diagnosis, and the drugs and other methods used to treat them.
Where the masculine is used herein, it shall be all-gender inclusive.
