cardiac arrest

Spencer presents the MERET Emergency Backpacks collection: professional bags and backpacks for advanced rescue

Cardiovascular diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels are very heterogeneous: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, decompensation and heart attack are the main cause of death in industrialised countries, including Italy

Nowadays, there are two techniques for closing the ductus arteriosus of Botallo, both of which are very effective: traditional surgery and transcatheter treatment

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common non-arrest dysrhythmia seen in children, especially during infancy, and is the main cause of cardiac-related instability

Let's talk about valvulopathies: heart valves are the structures that separate the cardiac chambers (atria and ventricles) from each other and from the great vessels (aorta and pulmonary artery)

Most people would be surprised to learn that nearly 45% of cardiac arrest victims survive thanks to the help of a bystander administering CPR

Therapy against hypertension is the only way to 'knock down' this dangerous cerebro-cardio-renal-vascular risk factor that affects all ages, from 10% of children and young people, to 30% of adults, up to 55% of the elderly population

Cardiac transplantation is the surgical procedure in which a seriously ill heart is replaced with a healthy organ from a deceased donor

Let's talk about high blood pressure. Diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, alpha-blockers, drugs that act on the central nervous system: it is up to the doctor to choose…

Cardiac massage on children is performed by pressing on the lower half of the sternum and compressing the chest by about 1/3, for about 5 centimetres, at a rate between 100 and 120 compressions per minute