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Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…C reactive protein, has been a major therapeutic target. This concept is clinically relevant because cardiovascular risk may persist despite appropriate lipid lowering and other…

Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…lowering. Diabetes and glycaemic outcomes Among participants with diabetes, bempedoic acid produced significant relative and absolute reductions in four component major adverse cardiovascular events. The…

Cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)

…al also report a significant association between troponin T levels and C reactive protein (CRP) and N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide (NT pro…

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

…Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) migrate from the tunica media into the intima, driven by platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) and other cytokines. Within the intima…

Assessment of the pupillary reflex in cardiac arrest

…ROSC), the midbrain may receive enough oxygen to preserve some pupillary reflex. Importantly, pupillary size and reactivity are influenced by factors beyond neural activity. Systemic…

Familial and Genetic Screening in Premature Cardiovascular Disease

…However, other inheritance patterns, de novo variants, incomplete penetrance and variable phenotypic expression complicate risk prediction. Familial clustering may also reflect shared environmental or behavioural…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…drugs . The diagnosis rests on the history, a positive Dix–Hallpike test and the absence of other neurological findings. The treatment is a repositioning manoeuvre…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…effect is relatively limited compared with agents that inhibit other platelet pathways. The distinction between primary and secondary prevention is fundamental: Primary prevention refers to…

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

…myocardial infarction and stroke Likelihood of repeat revascularization Symptom burden and treatment goals Diabetes, left ventricular function and other comorbidities Surgical risk and contraindications to…

Myocardial Ischemia & infarction: Cellular changes, ECG and symptoms

…increased workload STATUS OF CORONARY ARTERY SETTING EFFECT ECG REACTION Normal coronary artery (no atherosclerosis) At rest Oxygen supply is adequate and ischemia cannot occur…

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