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No-Reflow Phenomenon During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prevention and Treatment

…abnormality is inadequate distal perfusion in the absence of a major residual epicardial obstruction. No reflow is associated with serious short and long term outcomes…

Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries: Causes, Work-up and Management

…and no obstructive stenosis in a major epicardial coronary artery. Non obstructive disease is generally defined as the absence of a stenosis of 50% or…

Terminology of sudden cardiac arrest and resuscitation

…Arrest) : Sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest with loss of mechanical cardiac function. Results in loss of consciousness, cessation of breathing, and absence of a palpable…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…history, a positive Dix–Hallpike test and the absence of other neurological findings. The treatment is a repositioning manoeuvre. Indications Brief attacks of vertigo, seconds…

Circulatory and haemodynamic parameters

…leg raising with an increase in stroke volume 10%, or inferior vena cava variability . In the absence of responsiveness, fluid does more harm than good.

Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…body reaching the stroma or deeper. The absence of a slit lamp — the cornea should not be instrumented without magnification. With a suspected chemical injury…

Microvascular Angina and INOCA: Diagnosis with CFR and IMR

…metabolic abnormalities; and abnormal pain perception in patients without demonstrable ischaemia. The absence of obstructive disease therefore does not establish a benign diagnosis. ANOCA/INOCA…

NSTEMI: Risk Stratification and Timing of the Invasive Strategy

…ACS and a high probability of unstable angina (UA), and patients whose initial findings are less definitive. The defining electrocardiographic feature is the absence of…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…in the absence of a flow limiting epicardial stenosis. It is associated particularly with intervention on degenerated saphenous vein grafts, rotational atherectomy, and acute MI…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…and multiple organ failure. In the absence of treatment, approximately 1 in 100 cases of preeclampsia may progress to eclampsia. Clinical presentation and symptoms The…

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