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Antiplatelet Therapy in Secondary Prevention After Myocardial Infarction

…after ACS or STEMI. Aspirin 75–162 mg once daily is described as an acceptable secondary prevention range in chronic coronary disease. For prolonged treatment…

🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Unstable coronary artery disease. Stable angina pectoris. Secondary prophylaxis to prevent recurrence of cerebrovascular diseases, such as: Transient ischemic attacks (TIA). Stroke Contraindications Cross reactivity…

Smoking Cessation: Pharmacotherapy and Cardiovascular Benefit

…with avoidance of second hand smoke and, where possible, other inhaled nicotine products. In cardiovascular medicine, the objective is not merely to reduce cigarette consumption…

ACE Inhibitor Cough and Angioedema: Practical Management

…therapies in cardiovascular medicine, widely utilized for the management of hypertension, chronic ischemic heart disease, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and post myocardial…

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

…left ventricular dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease and other manifestations of diffuse atherosclerosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are revascularization procedures…

Peripheral Artery Disease: Diagnosis, Ankle–Brachial Index and Risk Management

…loss of independence. Identification of PAD also provides an opportunity to recognise atherosclerosis in other arterial territories and to initiate secondary prevention. Clinical assessment should…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…It identifies patients whose blood pressure remains uncontrolled despite intensive antihypertensive treatment and who therefore require assessment for pseudo resistance, secondary hypertension, treatment related contributors…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…Its cardiovascular effects therefore appear to reflect modulation of vascular inflammation rather than lipid lowering. Other anti inflammatory strategies have produced less favourable results. Canakinumab…

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Revascularisation Strategy

…disease The extent of jeopardized myocardium Left ventricular systolic function Diabetes and other comorbidities Anatomical complexity and completeness of possible revascularization A proximal lesion jeopardizes…

Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

…further reducing myocardial workload. Levosimendan is used in severe acute or chronic heart failure. Consider urgent angiography in patients with unknown etiology for acute severe…

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