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Physical Activity Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention

…household tasks, active commuting and recreational activities. Exercise is a more structured form of physical activity undertaken to maintain or improve physical fitness. Regular physical…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…talk. Otherwise ordinary activities, including work. No showering or bathing. A diary of going to bed, getting up, medication intake, symptoms and any unusual activities…

Blood Pressure Targets in Older and Frail Adults

…Where functional impairment is accompanied by inability to perform activities of daily living, treatment goals should be individualized and discontinuation of medication may become appropriate…

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

…than upper extremity symptoms. The severity of symptoms should be described by their effect on walking distance, daily activities, work and independence. Exercise testing can…

Refractory Angina: Options When Standard Therapy Fails

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

🟠 Nitroprusside

…of both arterioles and veins via generation of cyclic GMP, which then activates calcium sensitive potassium channels in the cell membrane. Time to onset of…

Adenosine: Administration Technique, Dose Escalation and Precautions

…adenosine binds to four types of receptors. Binding to A2A receptors induces coronary vasodilation, whereas binding to the A1, A2B, and A3 receptors is responsible…

🟠 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

…87 95% confidence interval: 0.79–0.96 P = .004 Other summaries of the trial describe a 14% reduction in the same composite outcome…

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