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Day 3 – RAMS International Summer School “Innovation in Cardiology”

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Halfway there! What’s a Summer School on cardiology without at least a day of interventional cardiology? That’s why this whole day was about the TAVI procedure. We started with an interesting lecture by MD Gehlman and MD van der Wulp on one of the Radboud specialties: The TAVI procedure. Especially the (theoretical) advantages of using the subclavian artery compared to traditional femoral arteries were completely new to the students. This lecture was followed by a video of a TAVI-procedure to … [Read more...]

Day 2 – RAMS International Summer School “Innovation in Cardiology”

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Today’s goal was to find out who’s at risk and how can we diagnose heart disease?   The day started with a lecture about cardiovascular risk factors and prevention from the perspective of general practitioner Drs. ter Berg, and also Dr. Smeijers from Amgen indicating PCSK-9 inhibitor drugs (evolocumab) could prevent heart attacks and stroke by dramatically lowering LDL cholesterol levels. We also followed interesting lectures from Dr. Nijveldt on Cardiac MR imaging and Dr. van Dijk … [Read more...]

Day 1 – RAMS International Summer School “Innovation in Cardiology”

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The kick off! Yesterday evening students arrived in the beautiful Nijmegen and after we got together we went for a small tour of the campus. We ended the evening at the Waalkade, where we went for a beer on the Kaaij during sunset. We started early today with an introduction by Prof. van Royen and the chair of RAMS! After that, some of our sponsors got the chance to speak: Amgen, Sanofi Genzyme and Bayer. This was followed by an interesting lecture on anatomy and physiology by Dr. van Dijk, … [Read more...]

Are you prepared for the summer?

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By Naaz Shareef It is that time of the year again. The time that people are actually outside more often than inside. You can tell it is that time by the fact that everyone is in a better mood than usual. On top of that, the beaches are getting crowded. I am talking about the summer, the time that everyone is getting either a tan or a burn. The first thing that comes to my mind before I visit the beach is: don’t forget sunscreen! When on the beach, I see everyone applying sunscreen all the … [Read more...]