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ECG Criteria for STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction)

…Patient Demographic Lead Group ST Elevation Threshold at J Point Men under 40 years V2 to V3 Greater than or equal to 2.5 mm…

Acute stroke and thrombolysis: quick reference

…national guideline for the management of reperfusion treatment in ischaemic stroke, Nationell arbetsgrupp Stroke (the national stroke working group), version 4 of 27 February 2024…

Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

…The hemodynamic effects persist for 7–10 days after the end of infusion. Refer to Table 2 for a comparison between levosimendan, milrinone and dobutamine…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…debris, modern vascular biology has redefined atherosclerosis as a dynamic, immune mediated fibroproliferative response to endothelial injury [2] . The process initiates with endothelial dysfunction, a…

Acute kidney injury: quick reference for management

…and is linked to substantial mortality, even though incidence and prognosis vary widely between patient groups and care settings [2]. Practical first actions Do the…

Gastric lavage and activated charcoal

…reduced by around half. Liquid preparations: in practice within about 1 hour. Tablets and solid preparations: up to about 2 hours. Modified release preparations, anticholinergics…

The Cabrera format of the 12-lead ECG and inverted lead aVR

…leads are not. Instead, the limb leads are displayed in two groups of three: leads I, II and III and leads aVR, aVL and aVF…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…LVEF), measured by echocardiography. Reduced LVEF reliably identifies a high risk group that derives a large, trial proven survival benefit from primary prevention ICDs. Its…

Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Outcomes

…vegetables, nuts and legumes; unsaturated fatty acids and other bioactive compounds from nuts; and antioxidant and antithrombotic constituents from whole grains. These combined effects may…

Immediate Management of Type A and Type B Aortic Dissection

…stops before reaching the ascending aorta. Conservative treatment in this group is associated with high mortality when malperfusion or rupture develops; surgery or endovascular treatment…

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