Blood pressure status, trajectories and cardiovascular disease: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus prospective study.

Background: High blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adequate treatment of high BP should reduce the risk of CVD, but this association has seldom been assessed in a general population setting.

Methods: Population-based prospective study conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a follow-up between 2003 and 2021.

[The year 2023 placed in perspective by hospital internists].

This article features a selection of ten topics chosen, reviewed, and commented for you by chief residents at the Department of Internal Medicine at Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV). This selection synthesizes the novelties and essential reminders of 2023 in internal medicine. By analyzing the standout publications of the year, it offers an overview of progress in diagnosis and patient management within the hospital and their transition to outpatient care.

Cardiogenic shock due to reverse takotsubo syndrome triggered by multiple sclerosis brainstem lesions: a case report and mini review.

Background: Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is mainly characterized by chest pain, left ventricular dysfunction, ST-segment deviation on electrocardiogram (ECG) and elevated troponins in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Diagnostic features include left ventricular systolic dysfunction shown on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with wall motion abnormalities, generally with the typical "apical ballooning" pattern. In very rare cases, it involves a reverse form which is characterized by basal and mid-ventricular severe hypokinesia or akinesia, and sparing of the apex.

[The internal medicine articles that struck us the most in 2018].

2018 has continued to bring important progress in all areas of internal medicine, impacting our daily practice. From bezafibrate in primary biliary cholangitis to the new Clostridioides difficile guidelines, passing by use of procalcitonine, cristalloids, copeptin and how to administer furosemide, internal medicine journals are full of novelties. Every year, the chief residents of the CHUV internal medicine ward meet up to share their readings : here is their selection of 12 articles, chosen, summarized and commented for you.