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ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…involvement, and atrioventricular block (AVB) may indicate septal involvement in the inflammatory process. A broad spectrum of pharmacologic agents can induce bradycardia or conduction disorders…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Prophylaxis against recurrence of cerebrovascular disease: 75–80 mg tablet once daily. Warnings and precautions Use Aspirin with caution in the following cases: Concurrent anticoagulant…

ArticleCardiology
Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…reproductive and pregnancy related history. Female specific or female predominant factors associated with later cardiovascular risk include: Premature menopause Premature ovarian insufficiency Hypertensive disorders of…

ArticleEmergency medicine
Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…ECG abnormalities, and biomarker elevation; echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging may demonstrate inflammatory involvement. Gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal disorders may mimic myocardial ischaemia, including severe…

ArticleCardiology
Microvascular Angina and INOCA: Diagnosis with CFR and IMR

…microvascular and epicardial vasomotor disorders. Endothelial activation can promote the release of adhesion molecules, inflammatory cytokines, and vasoconstricting mediators, producing abnormal vascular responses and potentially…

ArticleCPR
Cardiac arrest during sepsis

…systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and hypoperfusion manifesting as hypotension. The high mortality associated with sepsis underscores the critical importance of…

ArticleProcedurer
Joint aspiration

…Intra articular corticosteroid injection in verified inflammatory or osteoarthritis related joint disease. Contraindications Infection of the skin or soft tissues over the puncture site — use…

ArticleProcedurer
Lumbar puncture

…infection. Suspected inflammatory disease: multiple sclerosis, Guillain–Barré syndrome, autoimmune encephalitis. Meningeal carcinomatosis and CNS involvement in haematological malignancy. Investigation of dementia with biomarkers (amyloid…

ArticleProcedurer
Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…report. A shave biopsy of a pigmented lesion that turns out to be a melanoma can make the Breslow thickness unmeasurable and staging therefore impossible…

ArticleCardiology
Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…a population of individuals unable or unwilling to take statins, bempedoic acid 180 mg daily produced approximately 21% reductions in both LDL C and hsCRP…

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

…PCI and stent implantation produce local vascular injury and initiate a sustained inflammatory and reparative response. Proliferation and accumulation of tissue within the stent progressively…

ArticleCardiology
Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…reduces thrombogenicity, and favourably modifies inflammatory and collagen related components of atherosclerotic plaque. These effects help explain why reductions in cardiovascular events are substantially greater…

ArticleCardiology
Post-Infarction Pericarditis and Dressler Syndrome

…and initiate an inflammatory response. The presence of antibodies directed against cardiac tissue, the latent interval of several weeks, improvement with anti inflammatory treatment, and…

ArticleCardiology
Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…Nevertheless, the clinical importance of non fatal gastrointestinal and intracranial haemorrhage is substantial, particularly because the absolute cardiovascular benefit is small in many primary prevention…

ArticleCardiology
Cardiac Tamponade: Recognition and Pericardiocentesis

…termed pulsus paradoxus. Tamponade is therefore characterized haemodynamically by elevation and near equalization of diastolic pressures in the cardiac chambers, with chamber pressures approaching intrapericardial…

ArticleCardiology
SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiovascular and Renal Protection

…and erythropoiesis SGLT2 inhibition may also activate adenosine 5′ monophosphate activated protein kinase and inhibit mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 signalling, thereby reducing inflammatory…