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EDITORIAL
New Voice for Swiss Cardiovascular Science By Patrick Badertscher
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RESEARCH
REVIEW*
Management of Patients with Elevated Blood Pressure By David Fink, Ganna Degtiarova, Polina Dimitrova, Markus Werner and Roman Brenner
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Long QT Syndrome: A Prototype Disease for Precision Medicine By Marina Rieder, Miriam Barbieri and Katja E Odening
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Extraction of Transvenous Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in 2026 By Alexander Breitenstein and Daniel Hofer
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CASE REPORT*
Intracardiac Echocardiography
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Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography
to Guide Catheter Ablation
By Behnam Subin, Michael Kühne, Christian Sticherling and
Patrick Badertscher
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REPORT
ACC 2026 Three Days of Cutting-edge Cardiology
Cardiology Review Course Zurich 2026 What is Required for Optimal Lipid Management
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JOURNAL CLUB
No Need to Give up Coffee after Cardioversion
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Nicotine in any Form Is Harmful to the Heart
27
Colchicine for Heart Attacks
27
Potential Additional Benefits of Cardio-renal-metabolic 27
Therapies on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillations
Oral GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Can Reduce Heart Failure 28
Comparison of Anticoagulants
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The editorial board of the Swiss Journal of Cardiovascular Research (SJCR)
PD Dr Patrick Badertscher University Hospital Basel
Prof. Dr Alexander Breitenstein University Hospital Zurich
Prof. Dr Raban Jeger Zurich Triemli City Hospital
Prof. Dr Michael Kühne University Hospital Basel
PD Dr Marina Rieder University Hospital Bern
PD Dr Simon Stämpfli Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
* The articles in these sections are peer reviewed.
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Prof. Dr Stefan Stortecky Bürgerspital Solothurn