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Epistaxis — compression, cautery and anterior nasal packing

…the majority of all anterior bleeds. Step 2 — cautery 1. Suction clear and identify the bleeding point with a nasal speculum and a head lamp…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…Assessment of exercise capacity and symptoms in known heart disease. Risk assessment after myocardial infarction or before revascularisation. Evaluation of treatment effect in stable angina…

Management of bradycardia (bradyarrhythmia)

…heart failure and cardiac arrest. In cases with intermittent symptoms, it is important to establish a temporal correlation between symptoms and episodes of bradyarrhythmia on…

Heart failure: Causes, types, diagnosis, treatments & management

…This is a paradoxical and worrisome trend, particularly in light of the improvements in the management of hypertension (coronary heart disease and hypertension are traditionally…

Heart failure: Introduction

…This is a paradoxical and worrisome trend, particularly in light of the improvements in the management of hypertension (coronary heart disease and hypertension are traditionally…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…driver of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Its relationship with cardiovascular risk is nonlinear: even light smoking carries a substantial proportion of the excess ischaemic heart…

Ivabradine: Indications, Dosing and Heart-Rate Targets

…and resting heart rate 75 beats/min, based on a retrospective subgroup analysis in which a survival benefit was observed. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia Treatment of…

Management and treatment of AV block (atrioventricular blocks)

…choice of device therapy and also suggest whether other interventions (e.g. heart failure management, evaluation for coronary artery disease, etc .) are warranted. Management of…

Chronotropic incompetence (inability to increase heart rate)

Arrhythmias and arrhythmology ECG Chronotropic incompetence: inability to adequately increase heart rate Chronotropic incompetence is an independent predictor of overall and cardiovascular mortality. The condition…

Hemodynamic principles and calculations

…heart and vessels A liquid flowing in a straight cylinder exhibits laminar flow , which implies that the flow velocity is highest at the center of…

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