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Abscess incision and drainage

…NaCl 9 mg/mL) and a 20 mL syringe. Culture swab, microbiology request form. Drainage material: rubber dam drain, a strip cut from a glove…

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…and thrombosis. Typical features include a lipid rich core, a thin fibrous cap, macrophage and foam cell accumulation, expansive or positive remodelling, neovascularization, plaque haemorrhage…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…droplets, transforming into characteristic foam cells. The accumulation of these foam cells forms the earliest macroscopically visible lesion of atherosclerosis: the fatty streak [5] . Ruptured…

Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis from Fatty Streak to Plaque Rupture

…the endothelium. Plaques that are particularly prone to rupture characteristically contain: a large lipid rich core; abundant foam cells and macrophages; a thin fibrous cap;…

Incretins in Cardiometabolic Medicine: Leveraging GLP-1, GIP, and Glucagon Receptor Agonism for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

…smooth muscle cells, reducing cytokines like IL 6 and TNF α. 11 Plaque Stability: By reducing macrophage infiltration and inhibiting foam cell formation, they stabiliz

Immediate Management of Type A and Type B Aortic Dissection

Cardiology Emergency medicine Surgery & trauma Definition and Pathophysiology Aortic dissection is a major form of acute aortic syndrome (AAS), alongside intramural haematoma, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer…

Vasovagal Syncope: Diagnosis, Tilt Testing and Treatment

Arrhythmias and arrhythmology Cardiology Definition and Pathophysiology Vasovagal syncope represents the most common form of neurally mediated syncope (NMS), a disorder of autonomic reflexes. It…

Urinary alkalinisation

Procedurer Alkalinising the urine increases the excretion of weak acids by keeping them in a charged form in the tubular fluid, where they cannot be…

🟠 Calculate corrected QT interval (QTc interval)

…Values $(document).ready(function() { $(" qtc form").on('submit', function(event) { event.preventDefault(); // Get form values var hr = parseFloat($(' heart rate').val…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…electrocardiogram (ECG), which predisposes the myocardium to a specific form of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) known as torsades de pointes (TdP). Drug induced LQTS and…

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