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ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Intravascular Imaging: IVUS and OCT for PCI Optimisation

…and length; identification of the proximal and distal reference segments; assessment of stent expansion and apposition; recognition of edge dissection, tissue prolapse, thrombus, or other…

ArticleCardiology
Diuretic Strategy and Decongestion in Heart Failure

…or both. The clinical consequences of extracellular volume expansion include elevated cardiac filling pressures, pulmonary congestion, systemic venous hypertension, and peripheral interstitial edema. These abnormalities…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Stent Thrombosis: Timing, Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention

…activation, aggregation, and fibrin formation. Within a stented segment, thrombus may also develop because of disturbed flow, residual dissection, inadequate stent expansion, incomplete apposition, or…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…resolution does not consistently permit identification of foamy macrophages. The occurrence of neoatherosclerosis helps explain why ISR and other stent related events may arise well…

ArticleCardiology
Ivabradine: Indications, Dosing and Heart-Rate Targets

…relief and may not be required in asymptomatic patients. Before drug treatment, recommended or suggested measures include: reassurance; exercise training; volume expansion; avoidance of cardiac…

ArticleCardiology
Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…The cardiovascular burden of CKD extends beyond CAD to peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular disease, valvular heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and other arrhythmias or…

ArticleProcedurer
Spirometry

…5. A maximal forced expiration : an explosive start and then continued blowing with loud coaching until a plateau is reached. The manoeuvre ends when the…

ArticleProcedurer
Electrical cardioversion

…can precipitate ventricular fibrillation, and cardioversion of fibrillation of unknown duration without anticoagulation can cause a stroke hours to weeks later. Everything else in the…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…AF patients. Evidence suggests that the increased stroke risk in women is more closely associated with other comorbidities and age rather than sex alone. Consequently…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 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…