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Physical Activity Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention

…combination of moderate and vigorous intensity activity. Muscle strengthening exercise should additionally be performed on at least 2 days each week. Activities need not be…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…place, the electrodes come off, the patient has not kept a diary. The set up and the instructions decide whether the investigation will be usable…

Blood Pressure Targets in Older and Frail Adults

…tests Ability to perform activities of daily living Cognitive status Risk of falls Symptoms or history suggesting orthostatic hypotension Multimorbidity Polypharmacy and overall therapeutic burden…

Peripheral Artery Disease: Diagnosis, Ankle–Brachial Index and Risk Management

…walking distance, daily activities, work and independence. Exercise testing can quantify both the time to initial claudication and the maximum tolerated exercise time. Chronic limb…

Refractory Angina: Options When Standard Therapy Fails

…despite multiple antianginal agents and prior revascularization procedures. In many patients, the burden is sufficiently severe to limit ordinary activities and substantially impair quality of…

🟠 Nitroprusside

…NO) that induces vasodilatation of both arterioles and veins via generation of cyclic GMP, which then activates calcium sensitive potassium channels in the cell membrane…

Adenosine: Administration Technique, Dose Escalation and Precautions

…the extracellular surface of cardiac cells. Through the guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins Gi and Go, adenosine activates potassium channels (IK.Ach, K.Ado) in a…

🟠 Inotropes and Vasopressors

…0 μg/kg/min. + ++++ + +++++ Medium dose dopamine activates β1, releases norepinephrine and thus increases contractility, chronotropy and mild increase in SVR. Ventricular arrhythmias Myocardial…

🟠 Nitroglycerin

…arterioles and veins) via generation of cyclic GMP, which then activates calcium sensitive potassium channels in the cell membrane. Nitroglycerin is similar in action and…

Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…B and high sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP). Bempedoic acid also activates adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase, which regulates substrates involved in lipid metabolism and…

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