…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

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

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

…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…

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

…and induces peripheral vasodilation through cardiac myofilament calcium sensitisation. This process is achieved via calcium dependent binding to troponin C during systole. Simultaneously, levosimendan activates…

…to distinguish between two main types of cardiac cells: Conduction cells form the fiber networks that sprout into the myocardium and disseminate the action potential…

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

…Nitroprusside Figure 1. The approximate position of each drug according to its vasoconstrictor effect (vertical axis) and its positive inotropic effect (horizontal axis). Grey =…

…depolarization of the membrane potential. Cardiac electromechanical coupling Depolarization activates the myocardial cells and induces cellular processes that lead to cell contraction. The spread of…