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Arterial Hypertension: Definition, Diagnosis and Out-of-Office Measurement

…setting, manually or with an automated device. Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM): self measurement at home, generally with a validated upper arm oscillometric device. Ambulatory…

Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…phenytoin, carbamazepine), and various chemotherapeutic agents. In the acute setting, bradyarrhythmic cardiac arrest or asystole may result from reversible systemic insults, including hypovolemia, hypoxia, cardiac…

Interpreting NT-proBNP and BNP in Clinical Decision-Making

…the clinical state during treatment with an angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor. Clinical Applications Natriuretic peptides have three principal roles: Supporting or excluding the diagnosis of…

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Assessment and Treatment

…from those of non obese patients, and obesity complicates assessment of intravascular volume in both ambulatory and inpatient settings. Clinical presentation and symptoms Obesity itself…

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and Holter ECG

…Suspected paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, including after cryptogenic stroke. Evaluation of antiarrhythmic treatment or pacemaker function. Suspected bradyarrhythmia or pauses, particularly at night. Symptom–rhythm correlation…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…blood pressure monitoring or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Other guideline formulations similarly define resistant hypertension as blood pressure above goal despite three or more antihypertensive…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…cardiac MRI, long term ambulatory monitoring, electrophysiological study, PET, SPECT, genetic profiling — add information but are too costly or invasive to screen a population. The…

Sinus node dysfunction (SND) and sick sinus syndrome (SSS)

…node dysfunction is an umbrella term for conditions that either affect the automaticity of the sinoatrial node or block the impulse from reaching the atria…

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