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Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia and asphyxia

…et al. Causes of in hospital cardiac arrest and influence on outcome. Resuscitation 2012;83:120611. Wood S. Interactions between hypoxia and hypothermia. Annu Rev…

Cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

…Infections and the risk of acute coronary syndromes It is known that the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes increases during infections, including influenza (6…

Amiodarone: Loading, Maintenance Dosing and Monitoring Schedule

…to Dosing Amiodarone exhibits highly variable and complex pharmacokinetics that profoundly influence its dosing strategies. The drug is slowly and incompletely absorbed after oral administration…

NSTEMI: Risk Stratification and Timing of the Invasive Strategy

…It does identify several clinical manifestations that indicate particularly high risk and should influence the urgency of management: Recurrent or ongoing chest pain despite medical…

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Assessment and Treatment

…skeletal muscle mass and the distribution of adipose tissue materially influence prognosis. Obesity and heart failure Obesity increases the risk of HF and is common…

Inotropes and vasopressors: doses, indications, contraindications and effects

…renal and mesenteric vasodilatation. Dobutamine is a synthetic catecholamine. Indications, dosing and effects Note that abrupt changes in blood pressure activate autonomic reflexes that influence…

Atrial Flutter: Mechanisms, ECG Recognition and Management

…form of typical atrial flutter, the reentrant circuit is confined to the right atrium and travels in a counterclockwise direction. The activation wavefront propagates in…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…Their effects are multidimensional and cannot be adequately inferred from changes in a single intermediate marker such as cholesterol. Dietary composition may influence blood pressure…

Intravascular Imaging: IVUS and OCT for PCI Optimisation

…PCI). Imaging can therefore influence several stages of intervention: lesion preparation; selection of stent diameter and length; identification of the proximal and distal reference segments…

Cardiac arrest in hyperthermia and malignant hyperthermia

…cardiac arrest and influence on outcome. Resuscitation 2012;83:120611. Wang CH, Huang CH, Chang WT, et al. The effects of calcium and sodium bicarbonate…

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