News Archive
18.09.24 - AMIS Plus Newsletter Nr. 69, September 2024
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our current newsletter.
05.09.24 - AMIS Plus at ESC Congress 2024 in London
Check out AMIS Plus' contribution to this year's European Society of Cardiology Congress in London!
The following topics were presented:
- Artificial intelligence-based prediction of mortality, bleeding, and ischaemic events in cancer pateints with acute coronary syndrome: A modelling study in the UK an Switzerland
- Favourable lifestyle changes 1 year after acute myocardial infarction
- Sex differences in cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions, adverse events and interventions within 1 year after ST-elevation myocardial infarction
- Sex differences in prescription patterns of secondary prevention pharmacotherapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a 20-year perspective
- Sex-specific prediction of cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndromes: the SEX-SHOCK score
- Smoking cessation after acute myocardial infarction: a Swiss-wide cohort study
11.07.24 - *** 100th AMIS Plus Publication ***
Our latest publication on predictors of work inability after AMI in Switzerland marks the 100th publication of the AMIS Plus registry!
04.07.24 - AMIS Plus at SSC/SSCS - SSP/SSTS Joint Annual Meeting 2024
Check out AMIS Plus' contribution to this year's SSC/SSCS Joint Annual Meeting 2024 in Lausanne!
The following topics were presented:
- Sex differences in cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions, adverse events and interventions within 1 year after ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
- Sex differences in prescription patterns of secondary prevention pharmacotherapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction hospitalised in Switzerland between 2003 and 2022.
- Characterizing Cancer Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Favourable lifestyle changes 1 year after acute myocardial infarction.
- Smoking cessation 1 year after acute myocardial infarction in Switzerland: Who quit and who did not?
02.07.24 - Make sure to check out our latest publication on predictors of work inability after AMI in Switzerland. Congratulations to Fabienne, Fabio and all co-authors!
30.04.24 - ** The 75,000th Patient Milestone has been reached! **
Many thanks to all participating hospitals for their invaluable contribution and all our sponsors for their financial support!
26.03.24 - AMIS Plus Newsletter Nr. 68, March 2024
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our current newsletter.
19.03.24 - Treatment and outcomes of patients with chronic lung disease and acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the nationwide AMIS plus registry
Make sure to check out our latest publication on AMI patients with chronic lung disease. Congratulations to Claudia and all co-authors!
05.03.24 - Happy Easter 2024
The AMIS Plus Data Center Team wishes you all a Happy Easter!
14.12.23 - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The AMIS Plus Data Center Team wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
23.11.23 - New Steering Commitee Members
We warmly welcome our new members to the Steering Committee and look forward to their valuable contributions and fresh perspectives:
- Dr. med. Juan F. Iglesias
- Prof. Dr. med. Barbara E. Stähli
- Dr. med. Florian A. Wenzl
29.08.23 - AMIS Plus at European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 in Amsterdam
Check out AMIS Plus' contribution to this year's European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam!
The following topic was presented:
Temporal trends in the prevalence of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular comorbidities in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the AMIS Plus registry
27.07.23 - Paul Erne 16.03.1951 – 22.07.2023
With profound sorrow, we grieve the loss of our founder, leader and visionary who developed AMIS Plus into the world-renowned registry that it is today, for which we are immensely grateful.
We deeply regret the passing of Prof. Paul Erne and shall cherish his legacy always.
04.07.23 - Patients With AMI and Severely Reduced LVEF, a Well-Defined, Still Extremely Vulnerable Population (Insights from AMIS Plus Registry)
Make sure to check out our latest publication on AMI patients with severely reduced LVEF!
27.06.23 - AMIS Plus at SSC/SSCS - SSP/SSTS Joint Annual Meeting 2023
Check out AMIS Plus' contribution to this year's SSC/SSCS Joint Annual Meeting 2023 in Basel!
The following topic was presented:
Achievement of guideline-recommended goals for LDL-C in patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to Swiss hospitals between 2020 and 2022 and characterization of medication, risk factors, and cardiovascular outcomes
14.04.23 - AMIS Plus Newsletter Nr. 67, April 2023
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our current newsletter.
06.06.23 - AMIS Plus Anniversary Symposium
We had such a fantastic time during our 25-year anniversary symposium in Berne. A big thank you to everyone who was present! You made this a very special event.
Check out the PDF documents of all the great presentations that were held by our illustrious guests:
Personal highlights of the AMIS journey (Dragana Radovanovic)
Scientific milestones of the registry (Marco Roffi)
Recent collaborations focusing on Swiss and UK ACS nationwide cohorts (Florian Wenzl)
06.04.23 - AMIS Plus 25th Anniversary Symposium
We are thrilled to present you the program of our 25-year anniversary symposium! We look forward to seeing you in Berne.
23.02.23 - Prognostic value of low heart rates in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction
Make sure to check out our latest publication on the prognostic value of low heart rate in AMI patients!
26.01.23 - *25th ANNIVERSARY - SAVE THE DATE*
To celebrate our 25-year anniversary, we are holding an AMIS Plus Symposium on 2 June 2023 in Berne!
Please contact if you would like to join us.
26.01.23 - Reducing gap in pre-hospital delay between women and men presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Check out our latest publication on pre-hospital delay in women and men presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction!
08.12.22 - *** 25th Anniversary of AMIS Plus ***
2022 heralds the 25th Anniversary of AMIS Plus! This great achievement would not have been possible without the work of our participating hospitals and our faithful sponsors. Learn more in our current newsletter.
30.08.22 - AMIS Plus at European Society of Cardiology Congress 2022 in Barcelona
It was an absolute blast to partake in this year's European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona and to present our insights to leading cardiology experts.
On behalf of the AMIS Plus registry, the following topics were presented:
- Treatment and outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction and chronic lung disease
- Sex differences in acute coronary syndromes: a never-ending same old story or sign for improvement?
- Acute myocardial infarction and work inability: Insights from the AMIS Plus registry
- Where do we stand with acute myocardial infarction patients with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction? insights from AMIS Plus Registry
- Heart rate and mortality in myocardial infarction: incremental or bimodal correlation?
Additionally the following topics were presented in collaboration with Special Programme University Medicine (SPUM) and the Center for Molecular Cardiology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland:
- Bleeding risk in patients hospitalized for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in Switzerland: performance of the CRUSADE score
- Sex-specific evaluation and redevelopment of the GRACE score in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in populations from the UK and Switzerland: a multinational analysis with external cohort validation
30.08.22 - Sex-specific evaluation and redevelopment of the GRACE score in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in populations from the UK and Switzerland
In collaboration with Special Programme University Medicine (SPUM) and the Center for Molecular Cardiology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland we are excited to present our latest published article featured in The Lancet.
The publication can be downloaded directly as PDF here
25.08.22 - Trends in treatment and outcomes of patients with diabetes and acute myocardial infarction Barbara E. Stähli et al.
A new article about trends in treatment and outcomes of patients with diabetes and acute myocardial infarction has been published in the international journal of cardiology.
30.06.22 - AMIS Plus Newsletter No. 65 - June 2022
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our current newsletter. Come and visit us on July 9 when the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute is opening its doors for everyone!
22.06.22 - AMIS Plus at SSC
Activities have been a little slow in these recent corona years but now AMIS Plus is back on track with 5 presentations at this year's Swiss Society of Cardiology Congress in St. Gallen.
The following topics were presented:
- Sex differences in acute coronary syndromes – signs of improvement
- Treatment and outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction and chronic lung disease
- Acute myocardial infarction and work inability: insights from the AMIS Plus Registry
- Bradycardia and acute coronary syndromes: analysis on outcomes on 51001 patients enrolled in the Acute Myocardial Infarction in Switzerland Registry
- 20-year trends in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes among young adults (<50 years old) hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes in Switzerland
***Thabo Mahendiran was awarded Best Abstract 2022 for his work regarding CV trends in young adults!***
22.01.22 - AMIS Plus Newsletter No. 64 – January 2022
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our first newsletter this year.
26.10.21 - Dual antiplatelet therapy is under-prescribed in patients with surgically treated acute myocardial infarction. Roberto Marco et al.
Please find below our latest publication on dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with surgically treated acute myocardial infarction.
The publication can be downloaded directly as PDF here
09.08.21 - AMIS Plus Patrons
Grateful thanks to the following AMIS Plus Participants who are also supporting the AMIS Plus Project financially!
Kantonsspital Uri
Stadtspital Zürich Triemli
Hôpital de La Tour
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
12.07.21 - AMIS Plus Newsletter No. 63 – July 2021
We are happy to bring you the latest news from the AMIS Plus data centre in our first newsletter this year.
26.01.21 - Cocaine consumption and acute coronary syndromes: a cross sectional study from the Swiss registry AMIS Plus. Garzoli Giorgia et al.
The latest AMIS Plus cross-sectional study on Cocaine consumption and acute coronary syndromes has been published.
The publication can be downloaded directly as PDF here.
17.12.20 - Temporal trends in cardiovascular risk factors prevalence in patients with myocardial infarction. Cimci M. et al.
A new paper from AMIS Plus on temporal trends in cardiovascular risk factors prevalence in patients with myocardial infarction has been published.
More information on this paper and many others can be found under latest Publications or in the Publications Archive.
02.12.20 - AMIS Plus Newsletter Nr. 62, December 2020
We are pleased to present you the most recent AMIS Plus news in the last newsletter of this challenging and difficult year 2020.
01.10.20 - AMIS Plus welcomes its newest additions to the team!
We welcome our newest team members, André Höpli and Marine Casanova.
27.06.20 - The direct link to the data portal has been changed.
We kindly ask you to re-set your bookmarks from now. Thank you for your understanding.
19.06.20 - The 65,000th Patient Milestone has been reached!
Many thanks to all participating hospitals for their invaluable contribution and all our sponsors for their financial support!
15.08.20 - AMIS Plus at the SGK 2020
AMIS presented the following papers:
- Delay between symptom onset and hospital admission in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: different trends in men and women. Witassek F et al
- Temporal trends in the treatment and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome and concomitant moderate to severe renal failure. Bosshard M et al
- Temporal Trends in In-hospital Complications of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from the Nationwide AMIS Plus Registry. Stähli B et al
- Impact of self-reported alcohol consumption on in-hospital outcome after acute coronary syndrome: an insight from the AMIS Plus registry. Tersalvi G et al
