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Complications of Coronary Angiography and Vascular Access Management

…defining the extent of coronary artery disease because it provides anatomical information while permitting functional assessment and, when appropriate, immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Complications…

Hypertension: Causes, investigations, complications & treatment

…gradually during the life course ( Balijepalli et al ). Blood pressure is positively correlated with societal economic development, age, alcohol intake, body weight, male sex and…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…technique is better on irregular surfaces and in the scalp. Complications Complication Frequency and comment : : Pain during thawing The rule rather than the exception Blister…

Care after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

…The causes of death among these patients are complications related to PACS: 60% die from neurological injuries. 30% die from hemodynamic failure and multiorgan dysfunction…

NSTEMI: Risk Stratification and Timing of the Invasive Strategy

…however, increase peri procedural complications and bleeding. Clinical presentation The available source material does not provide a detailed description of the presenting symptoms of NSTEMI…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…infarction and limb threatening complications. Among patients with established peripheral artery disease, those who stop smoking have approximately twice the five year survival of those…

🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…GY. Evaluation of risk stratification schemes for ischaemic stroke and bleeding in 182,678 patients with atrial fibrillation: the Swedish Atrial Fibrillation cohort study. Eur…

🟠 ATRIA (Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation) Bleeding Risk Score

…Lane DA, Lip GYH. Evaluation of the HAS BLED, ATRIA, and ORBIT bleeding risk scores in atrial fibrillation patients on warfarin. Am J Med . 2016…

🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…NSAIDs). Other contraindications: Hemophilia. Thrombocytopenia. Active gastric or duodenal ulcers. Liver cirrhosis. Severe heart failure. Doses 100 mg/day during the third trimester of pregnancy…

Atherosclerosis: Pathogenesis from Fatty Streak to Plaque Rupture

…be present during the second and third decades of life, while clinical manifestations commonly emerge much later. Despite this prolonged course, its major complications—including…

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