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Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

…the risk of cardiomyopathy. Pathophysiology Prolonged tachyarrhythmias lead to the following hemodynamic effects: Tachyarrhythmia results in reduced preload, diminished stroke volume, and subsequently lower blood…

Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

…although the exact exposure threshold and duration required are not established. The source material identifies chronic intake of approximately 60 g daily in males and…

Tricuspid stenosis

…or mechanical prostheses. The former is preferred due to the lower risk of thrombosis and evidence demonstrating long term durability (Filsoufi et al). Percutaneous interventions…

Hypertensive crisis: drugs and doses

…reference to the intravenous antihypertensive drugs used in a hypertensive emergency. It summarises the mechanism of action, the onset, the duration of effect, the dosing…

Opioid therapy in severe pain

…titration. Half of all opioid dosing errors arise at the dilution step, and an undiluted syringe of 10 mg/mL makes small adjustments impossible. Procedure…

🟠 Hypertensive emergency (crisis) - Drugs, doses & management

…inhibitors Enalaprilat Enalaprilat is rarely used in hypertensive crisis due to its slow onset, prolonged duration of effect, and significant individual variations in its effect…

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

…inhibitors Enalaprilat Enalaprilat is rarely used in hypertensive crisis due to its slow onset, prolonged duration of effect, and significant individual variations in its effect…

The QRS complex: ECG features of the Q-wave, R-wave, S-wave & duration

…to by their lower case letters (q, r, s). Figure 5 shows examples of naming of the QRS complex. Net direction of the QRS complex…

Atrial and ventricular enlargement: hypertrophy and dilatation on ECG

…From a hemodynamic standpoint, there are two types of enlargement, namely hypertrophy and dilatation. Both hypertrophy and enlargement may reduce atrial and ventricular function as…

🟠 Fenoldopam

…1 receptor agonists lower systemic blood pressure and increase renal perfusion. Time to onset of action 50 to 10 minutes Duration of action 30 to…

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