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🟠 Ticagrelor (Brilinta, Brilique)

…administration, warnings, precautions, and other relevant information for the drug Ticagrelor . Table 1 Summary Indications Ticagrelor, in combination with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is indicated for…

Liver parameters

…biliary cholangitis, drugs Mixed Both raised Drug induced liver injury is the commonest cause Isolated bilirubin Unconjugated, the others normal Gilbert's syndrome, haemolysis The…

Ectopic atrial rhythm (EAT), atrial tachycardia (AT) & multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)

…is typically sufficient in patients whose atrial tachycardia is induced by the drug. Management of all other cases aligns with the approach used for atrial…

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention

…other nephrotoxic exposures may contribute to tubular injury, making attribution to contrast alone difficult. In patients with normal renal function, the occurrence of contrast induced…

Adenosine: Administration Technique, Dose Escalation and Precautions

…conduction properties. Furthermore, adenosine binds to four types of receptors. Binding to A2A receptors induces coronary vasodilation, whereas binding to the A1, A2B, and A3…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…repeated measurements Hypertension requiring at least four antihypertensive drugs despite control Hypertension with spontaneous or diuretic induced hypokalaemia Hypertension with an adrenal incidentaloma Hypertension associated…

Causes of sudden cardiac arrest

…while others take months or years to develop (e.g. myocardial remodeling in heart failure or after myocardial infarction). Ventricular arrhythmias are easier to induce…

Sinus bradycardia: definitions, ECG, causes and management

…of drugs (notably beta blockers, digitalis, verapamil, diltiazem, amiodarone, clonidine) – These drugs affect the pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node. They may also induce conduction…

ECG changes caused by antiarrhythmic drugs, beta blockers & calcium channel blockers

…may induce Brugada syndrome in individuals with underlying genetic susceptibility. If ECG changes consistent with Brugada syndrome develop during treatment with flecainide, the drug must…

Anticoagulation Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation

…and create a highly prothrombotic endothelial surface. Furthermore, AF induces a systemic hypercoagulable state, characterized by elevated biomarkers such as D dimer, von Willebrand factor…

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