…Patients receiving modified antiplatelet therapy require clinical surveillance for both recurrent ischemia and bleeding. The source material does not specify a symptom based surveillance protocol…

…resting heart rate ≥70 beats/min; persistent symptoms despite evidence based therapy with an ACE inhibitor or ARNI, a beta blocker and a mineralocorticoid receptor…

…individualized within the applicable guideline framework. Combination therapy is based on the complementary mechanisms of drugs from different classes. By acting on more than one…

…an important contrast. Patients with manifest clinical disease are at high risk of progression and generally require all appropriate evidence based measures, including drug treatment…

…Provide the interpretation based on the score var interpretation = ""; if (score == 0) { interpretation = "Low risk (0%) for stroke; consider no antithrombotic therapy."…

…absent or nonspecific Treatment setting Usually hospital based, often ICU Usually outpatient Initial treatment Carefully titrated intravenous therapy when indicated Oral treatment and prompt follow…

…without acute elevations in cardiac troponin concentrations. Based on the presenting electrocardiogram (ECG) and the presence of troponin elevation, ACS are classified into unstable angina…

…for drugs that aggravate or even cause the bradycardia; in such scenarios, it is generally considered to be evidence based to implement an artificial p

…trial demonstrated the safety and efficacy of an approach based on starting and titrating oral medical therapy for heart failure within 2 days before anticipated…

…are available. Further diagnostic imaging solely because calcified plaque is present in an asymptomatic individual is not supported by the available evidence described here. Systematic…

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