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ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…accounting for approximately 80% of cases. Other causes include acute mechanical complications—particularly ventricular septal defect (VSD) and papillary muscle rupture with acute severe mitral…

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging With SPECT and PET

…A stress induced reduction in tracer uptake that improves at rest indicates reversible hypoperfusion and is consistent with inducible ischaemia. A persistent defect on stress…

Sinus bradycardia: definitions, ECG, causes and management

…limb leads. Click to zoom. Figure 4. Sinus bradycardia. Click to zoom. Treatment of sinus bradycardia Benign causes of sinus bradycardia (e.g. vasovagal reaction…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…LDL C reduction required is greater than can reasonably be obtained with a statin alone but does not necessarily require the larger effect of a…

Alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens: quick reference

Psykiatri Akutsjukvård Lathundar Rapid summary Alcohol withdrawal occurs after an abrupt reduction or cessation of prolonged and heavy alcohol intake. The condition can develop despite…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…medicine Definition and pathophysiology Acute limb ischaemia (ALI) is an abrupt reduction in arterial perfusion of an upper or lower limb that causes tissue metabolic…

LDL Cholesterol Targets Across Cardiovascular Risk Categories

…is associated with lower ASCVD risk across the range studied, including concentrations below 1.4 mmol/L (55 mg/dL). The proportional reduction in cardiovascular…

Antiplatelet Therapy in Secondary Prevention After Myocardial Infarction

…although the overall reduction in ischaemic events outweighed the increase in serious bleeding in the populations studied. There was no evidence of a different aspirin…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…sex in the overall trial analyses. Some data from a study of healthy women suggested a reduction in ischaemic stroke, particularly among women with stroke…

Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency: Differentiation and Treatment

…or other vascular beds. Malignant hypertension represents an extreme form in which acute microvascular injury occurs, classically involving fibrinoid necrosis of small arteries in the…

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