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Stent Thrombosis: Timing, Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention

…form under high shear conditions. Disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque or injury associated with PCI exposes thrombogenic material, promoting platelet activation, aggregation, and fibrin formation…

In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…luminal diameter A high degree of residual stenosis Long lesion length Diabetes Untreated edge dissection DES have reduced restenosis compared with BMS, and newer generation…

Ivabradine: Indications, Dosing and Heart-Rate Targets

…than either drug alone. Long term efficacy data remain limited, and the possibility that chronic If channel blockade could increase sympathetic activity, with adverse remodelling…

Peripheral venous cannula and intraosseous access

…an emergency, where peripheral venous access often takes too long. Intraosseous access accepts all drugs, fluids and blood products that can be given intravenously , at…

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Duration After Acute Coronary Syndromes and Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

…patients. Extension beyond 12 months DAPT beyond 12 months may be considered in patients who: Have tolerated DAPT without significant bleeding. Have high ischaemic risk…

Lung function and respiration

…age, height and ethnicity — not against absolute figures. Since 2022 the z score with a lower limit of normal at z = −1.64 (the…

Spirometry

Procedurer Spirometry is the only investigation that distinguishes obstructive from restrictive impairment of lung function, and COPD cannot be diagnosed without it . The quality of…

Nasogastric tube

…airway produces no reliable symptoms in a patient with an impaired cough reflex, and the first feed then becomes a direct instillation into the lung…

Pulmonary Hypertension: Classification and Treatment Principles

…liver disease, airway or lung disease, and hyperthyroidism; follow up and investigation of the cause of increased flow are appropriate. Exercise PH is defined by…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…e the frequency is reduced when studying distant objects). These concepts have been discussed in detail previously. The gain is regulated with TGC and gain…

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