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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: Initial Combination Therapy and Drug Selection

Cardiology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and Therapeutic Rationale Hypertension is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and contributes to microvascular and macrovascular complications. It…

Immediate Management of Type A and Type B Aortic Dissection

Cardiology Emergency medicine Surgery & trauma Definition and Pathophysiology Aortic dissection is a major form of acute aortic syndrome (AAS), alongside intramural haematoma, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer…

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Choosing Anticoagulation

Arrhythmias and arrhythmology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and pathophysiology Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major independent risk factor for thromboembolism, including ischaemic stroke. This risk applies…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

Cardiology Endocrinology & metabolism Definition and Pathophysiology Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major cardiovascular risk condition. It is associated with a two to four…

🟠 HAS-BLED Score Calculator

…widely recognized and validated tool used to assess the one year risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking anticoagulants…

🟠 HEMORR₂HAGES Bleeding Risk Score

…HEMORR₂HAGES bleeding risk score is a clinical tool developed to assess the risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on anticoagulation therapy…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

…and infarction Definition and therapeutic rationale Multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) refers to clinically significant atherosclerotic disease affecting two or more major epicardial coronary arteries…

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: quick reference

…orientation Two questions govern the initial management: 1. Is the patient haemodynamically compromised, or are there signs of ongoing major bleeding? 2. Is there cirrhosis…

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Management of Valvular Heart Disease — A 62-year-old woman with a mechanical mitral heart valve (MHV) and atrial fibril…
ECG Test - Mixed Conditions — ECG recorded in a 83 year old male with a history of diabetes, hypertension and …
Acute Myocardial Infarction: From Pathophysiology to Complications — A 62-year-old female presents to the emergency department with acute chest pain …
Management of Heart Failure — A 62-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular ejection frac…
Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Part 2 — A 50-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and a left ventricula…
Management of Supraventricular Tachycardias — A 62-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 1-hour history of …
ECG Test - ECG Interpretation in Athletes — What is the correlation of isolated axis deviation or voltage criteria for atria…
Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Part 1 — A 62-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to the e…

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C7551 — Excision of major peripheral nerve neuroma, except sciatic, with implantation of nerve end into bone or muscle
C7533 — Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, single major coronary artery or branch with transcatheter placement of radiation delivery device for subsequent coronary intravascular brachytherapy
C7569 — Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, single major coronary artery or branch with endoluminal imaging of initial coronary vessel or graft using intravascular ultrasound (ivus) or optical coherence tomography (oct) during diagnostic evaluation and/or therapeutic intervention including imaging supervision, interpretation and report
C7571 — Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, single major coronary artery or branch with percutaneous transluminal coronary lithotripsy
C9776 — Intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging of major extra-hepatic bile duct(s) (e.g., cystic duct, common bile duct and common hepatic duct) with intravenous administration of indocyanine green (icg) (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
C9600 — Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; single major coronary artery or branch
C9601 — Percutaneous transcatheter placement of drug-eluting intracoronary stent(s), with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)
C9602 — Percutaneous transluminal coronary atherectomy, with drug eluting intracoronary stent, with coronary angioplasty when performed; single major coronary artery or branch
C9603 — Percutaneous transluminal coronary atherectomy, with drug-eluting intracoronary stent, with coronary angioplasty when performed; each additional branch of a major coronary artery (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)