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Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…the kidneys, retina, and brain. Its clinical retinal signature includes flame haemorrhages, cotton wool spots, and papilloedema. Associated complications may include encephalopathy, acute heart failure…

The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Types 1–5

…necrosis. Plaque disruption may also be accompanied by haemorrhage into the plaque. The diagnosis is supported by the general criteria for acute MI together with…

ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…heart failure, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). These agents interfere with the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) by inhibiting the enzyme responsible for the conversion…

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention

…is often more rapidly reversible than that of other forms of acute tubular necrosis, although the complication remains associated with post procedural morbidity and mortality…

Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Four-Pillar Therapy

…kidney dysfunction, sleep disordered breathing, cancer related disease and cardiac amyloidosis among the relevant clinical settings or comorbidities. HFrEF is distinguished from heart failure with…

Complete Versus Culprit-Only Revascularization in Acute Coronary Syndrome

…consider acute severe mitral regurgitation, mechanical complications, and ischaemia related ventricular failure as potential causes of shock. Patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease…

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment with SCORE2 and SCORE2-OP

…Established ASCVD includes previous acute coronary syndrome, chronic coronary syndromes, coronary revascularization, stroke, transient ischaemic attack, and peripheral arterial disease. Heart failure is also considered…

🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Monitor kidney function. Diuretics and antihypertensives: NSAIDs may reduce the efficacy of diuretics and antihypertensives. Risk of acute kidney injury increases when combined with ACE…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…are hypertensive encephalopathy, intracerebral haemorrhage, acute coronary syndrome, acute left ventricular failure with pulmonary oedema, acute aortic syndrome, acute kidney injury, microangiopathic haemolysis, and severe…

Renal parameters

…for both kidney failure and cardiovascular death — a patient with an eGFR of 70 and A3 is at higher risk than one with an eGFR…

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