title: Hotline update of clinical trials and registries presented at the German Cardiac Society Meeting 2007: 2L-Registry, Kardio-Pro, EVER, AFFECT, VTACH, ARTS II, OPTAMI, PEPCAD I, PEPCAD II, GERSHWIN, SPICE, FIX-CHF and CREDIT.
abstract: This article summarizes the results of a number of new clinical trials, registries and metaanalyses in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Key presentations made at the 73(rd) annual meeting of the German Cardiac Society, held in Mannheim, Germany, in April 2007 are reported. The data were presented by leading experts in the field with relevant positions in the trials, registries or metaanalyses. These comprehensive summaries should provide the readers with the most recent data on diagnostic and therapeutic developments in cardiovascular medicine.
authors.affiliation: Universität zu Köln, Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str 9, 50924 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.forename: Lars S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maack
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012955:Societies, Medical