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STEMI: Primary PCI and System-of-Care Time Targets

…extent of myocardial injury is strongly influenced by total ischaemic time. This interval includes: The time from symptom onset to recognition and seeking medical assistance…

Congenital heart disease & GUCH (Grown Up Congenital Heart disease)

…and medical therapies. Adults with congenital heart disease are mostly managed in GUCH clinics (Grown Up Congenital Heart disease). Prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD…

Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…and bleeding complications than femoral access. In patients with acute coronary syndrome, randomized evidence has demonstrated lower rates of access site bleeding, surgical repair, and…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…often requires urgent surgical or transcatheter intervention, with temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) considered as a bridge. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms Symptoms of STEMI The…

Cardiac tamponade causing cardiac arrest

…Crit Care 2020; 24:541. Ebo DG, Clarke RC, Mertes PM, et al. Molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology of perioperative hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis: a narrative review…

Nasogastric tube

…for example after a stroke. Sampling of gastric contents and evacuation in poisoning (see the separate text on gastric lavage). The tube is not, however…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…infarction and limb threatening complications. Among patients with established peripheral artery disease, those who stop smoking have approximately twice the five year survival of those…

Supraventricular and intraventricular conduction defects in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…in the case of left bundle branch block should lead the clinician to activate the catheterization laboratory (discussed in Left bundle branch block and ischemia…

Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…but the rate of survival to hospital discharge is only 8.8%, which demonstrates that the majority of patients will not survive post resuscitation care…

Advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)

…possible. Airway management should not interrupt compressions for more than 5 seconds. The effect of cricoid pressure and gastric insufflation remains uncertain ( Panchal et al )…

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