Six-minute Walk Test: What You Should Know
Por América Torres The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is used to objectively assess the exercise capacity of patients with moderate to severe pulmonary diseases. Unlike pulmonary function tests, the 6MWT captures the often-coexisting extrapulmonary manifestations of chronic respiratory diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, frailty, sarcopenia, and cancer. Unlike cardiopulmonary exercise testing, this test is low-complexity and […]
SCHILLER Electrocardiographs: Key Benefits in Veterinary Medicine
SCHILLER electrocardiographs are sophisticated pieces of Swiss technology. Our founder, Alfred Schiller, pioneered developments for ECGs, such as keyboards, integrated printers, and test interpretation, which are now standard features in this type of equipment.While it is true that our electrocardiographs are designed for human patients, their advanced functionalities can also be beneficial for veterinary medicine. In this […]
Summary of 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
By América Torres Photo: Freepik The “2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure”), by The American Heart Association (AHA), The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) contains substantial changes to prevent, diagnose and manage patients with heart failure (HF). This document replaces the “2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline […]
Schiller, four decades taking care of the heart
Picture: eddows-animador/freepik From the beginning, we declared war on sudden cardiac death. We have done so over more than four decades in which the constants have been our experience and our perpetual search for innovation. Not only do we want to offer precise devices that fulfill their function, but to make practical equipment for doctors and […]
Association between the cardiac abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, and disease severity and mortality
Condensed and commented by Claudio López Bruzual MD Although many cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic, and most patients recover from the disease, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurological complications from COVID-19 infections have been reported that are not yet fully understood. Cardiac abnormalities, specifically, have been detected through the use of biomarkers and imaging in […]
Francesco Iacona, CEO of Schiller Americas, named 2021 Miami-Dade Chair for the American Heart Association.
2020 was a year of uncertainty due to COVID-19. In 2021 we are still confronting uncertainty and the challenges of limitations on so many things, but saving lives must not be one of them. Over the past few years, Schiller Americas has been a proud partner of the American Heart Association, an amazing and giving […]
Congenital Heart Defect Management
Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) is also known as Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). However, the American Heart Association considers the term “defect” more accurate. And it is indeed, since this kind of heart ailment occurs when the heart, or the blood vessels near it, do not develop normally before birth. Schiller wants to offer you […]
