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🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…significance of female sex as an independent risk factor for stroke in AF patients. Evidence suggests that the increased stroke risk in women is more…

No-Reflow Phenomenon During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prevention and Treatment

…obstructed. Exclusion of coronary dissection compromising the true lumen. Assessment for thrombus, distal embolization, abrupt closure, or perforation. Evaluation of distal flow and myocardial perfusion…

Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…mL syringe. Punches of 2, 3, 4 and 6 mm. A size 15 scalpel, a double edged razor blade or a flexible shave blade. Artery…

🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…fastest onset of effect. Do not crush or split the tablet . Warnings and Precautions Bleeding Risk In the phase 3 study (TRITON), key exclusion criteria…

Electrical cardioversion

…anticoagulation or exclusion of thrombus — the most important relative contraindication to elective cardioversion. It does not apply in haemodynamic instability. Digitalis toxicity — a risk of…

M-mode (motion mode) echocardiography

…and opening of the mitral valve. Left atrial dimension. TAPSE (Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion) TAPSE is traditionally measured by placing the M mode cursor…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…very high clinical likelihood of obstructive CAD, defined in the source material as greater than 85%, particularly when one or more of the following are…

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