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Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent supraventricular arrhythmia in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and is also a common tachyarrhythmia requiring treatment in decompensated…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…a spectrum of rhythm disturbances characterized by an inappropriately slow heart rate. Within the context of acute coronary syndromes, particularly ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)…

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…

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…factors. Plaque erosion Plaque erosion is increasingly recognized and is present in at least one third of acute coronary syndromes in the cited material. Eroded…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…for stroke even at blood pressure levels that might otherwise be considered only moderately elevated. The syndrome can produce widespread maternal complications, including pulmonary oedema…

Metabolic Syndrome: Definition and Clinical Significance

…is associated with hypertension and blood pressure variability, while obesity and hypertension together promote left ventricular hypertrophy and kidney injury. The syndrome is therefore both…

Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Four-Pillar Therapy

…The underlying aetiology is heterogeneous. Chronic heart failure evaluation should therefore seek reversible or treatable causes. The source material identifies coronary disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity…

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

…haematoma that compresses the true lumen. The resulting reduction in coronary blood flow may produce myocardial ischaemia, acute coronary syndrome (ACS), myocardial infarction (MI), or…

SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiovascular and Renal Protection

…The source material does not describe a characteristic symptom profile at initiation or during routine therapy. Potential clinically important complications and treatment related syndromes include…

Cardiac thromboembolism: cardiac sources of embolism

…Hemorrhagic stroke implies bleeding directly into the brain parenchyma. The most common underlying etiology is hypertension. Ischemic stroke occurs when a cerebral artery is occluded…

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