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The year in clinical cardiology 2017

  

  1. First Division, Department of Cardiology,  the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University and
    the Institute of Cardiocerebrovascular Disease of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
  • Online:2018-01-05 Published:2018-01-22
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Cui Wei,Email: cuiwei21c@163.com

Abstract: A lot of advances in both clinical cardiology and basic research were seen in the year 2017, especially in hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, lipid lowering, and cardiac arrhythmias. This review focuses on the target of hypertension control, drug treatment of chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease, novel lipidlowering drugs, and device treatment for cardiac arrhythmias.

Key words: hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, lipid, cardiac arrhythmia, diagnosis, treatment, guideline