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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…

Renal parameters

…1 % suggests a prerenal cause, above 2 % acute tubular necrosis — but the value is unreliable during diuretic therapy, where a fractional excretion of urea below…

🟠 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…

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…

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…

Cardiovascular Prevention in the Very Elderly

…peripheral arterial disease. More than 70% of older adults presenting with myocardial infarction, stroke, acute aortic syndromes, or heart failure have preexisting hypertension. The relationship…

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…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

…Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Screening for cardiovascular and kidney disease All patients with diabetes should be assessed for: ASCVD Severe target organ damage (TOD) HF AF…

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