9月29日，是世界心脏日（World Heart Day）
世界心脏日是由世界心脏联盟确定，其目的是为了在世界范围内宣传有关心脏健康的知识，并让公众认识到生命需要健康的心脏。
心血管疾病（CVD）是世界上第一大死亡原因。它有多种原因：从吸烟、糖尿病、高血压和肥胖症到空气污染，以及查加斯氏病和心脏淀粉样变性病等罕见而被忽视的疾病。
发达国家心脏病率和死亡率明显下降，其主要原因是强调了预防。相反，在过去15年里，中国35岁至44岁年龄组患冠心病的人数增长了150%，其主要原因就是忽视了预防。
2020年世界心脏日的主题是：用心爱心。
新冠疫情的持续，让心血管疾病患者面临双重威胁。他们不仅更容易发展出严重形式的病毒，而且还可能害怕为自己的心脏寻求持续的护理。
我们不知道新冠疫情如何发展，但我们确实知道现在关怀我们的心脏比以往任何时候都重要。
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
德国胸心血管外科学会会刊。
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Our Highlighted Articles (Free Access)
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This magnificent review of the most relevant literature for cardiac surgery in 2019 is now published for the first time in ThCVS. It is absolutely essential reading, and the journal is hoping for a continued cooperation.
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This is an update of a survey carried out by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. It shows quite a heterogeneous landscape. What is disturbing is the steady decline of the number of ICUs run by the surgeons.
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Looking at their own data of 54 patients Tamburini and coworkers found, as expected, that the least aggressive stages, both WHO and TNM, have a disease-free time superior to advanced stages.
Fig. 1 Histogram representing the relationship between tumor nodes metastasis (TNM) stages and World Health Organization (WHO) types.
