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

Echocardiography Heart failure Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. While the incidence of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction has been…

Heart failure: Introduction

Cardiology Heart failure Heart failure is a major public health problem worldwide. While the incidence of coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction has been…

Hypertension: Causes, investigations, complications & treatment

…the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The individual and public health effects of hypertension are devastating. Due to the simplicity of diagnosing hypertension…

Cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

…Continous medical discussion: the ECG blog Infectious diseases Cardiovascular effects of COVID 19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) has caused a global public health crisis…

Cardiovascular Prevention in the Very Elderly

…functional capacity, and health related quality of life substantially influence both cardiovascular risk and the balance between treatment benefit and harm. Prevention in the very…

Chronic Kidney Disease as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor

…pathophysiology Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined by abnormalities of renal structure or function that persist for more than 3 months and have health implications…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…the overall combinations of foods habitually consumed rather than isolated nutrients considered independently. For cardiometabolic health, the most favourable patterns generally contain more minimally processed…

Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

…one of the most common symptoms in the emergency department, as well as in primary health care. The cause (etiology) of chest pain varies according…

Deceased donor organ donation

…long as the assessment takes. The task of the health service is to give effect to the deceased person's wishes, not to persuade anyone…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…national or regional poison control centre , which in most countries is staffed around the clock for health care professionals. Contact the centre early in serious…

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