…measured by echocardiography. Reduced LVEF reliably identifies a high risk group that derives a large, trial proven survival benefit from primary prevention ICDs. Its dominance…

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…transmitted from bats to humans in Wuhan, China, and it has now spread to more than 170 countries and caused unprecedented damage to humans and…

…medications where rapid boluses risk hemodynamic instability or transiently toxic concentrations, adenosine requires a rapidly delivered bolus to achieve sufficiently high concentrations at its clinical…

…from a potent P2Y12 inhibitor to clopidogrel; reducing the dose of prasugrel; extending DAPT beyond 12 months in carefully selected patients with high ischemic risk…

…but high risk patients should be evaluated with angiography earlier. Guidelines recommend the use of validated risk models to estimate the risk of acute myocardial…

…particularly high risk and should influence the urgency of management: Recurrent or ongoing chest pain despite medical treatment Acute heart failure presumed to result from…

…of myocardial fibrosis). Risk stratification The calculator helps identify patients at high risk of SCD who may benefit from preventive interventions, such as ICD implantation…

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…apoB) and non high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non HDL C) are complementary measures of atherogenic lipoprotein burden. Their clinical importance arises from the causal role…