…whom have a previous acute coronary syndrome. The available evidence supports consideration of low dose colchicine as an adjunct to, rather than a replacement for…

…membrane — not routinely . The wax has a protective function, and the commonest complication of ear syringing is that someone syringes an ear that did not…

…TOMAHAWK trials studied patients with ROSC who did not display ST segment elevations and randomized them to urgent angiography. These trials did not show any…

…or FEV1 if the patient can manage it without delaying treatment. 10. Call anaesthetics and intensive care early with life threatening features or an inadequate…

…non specific for SCD. Most people who die suddenly never had an ejection fraction measured before death, and among those who did, only a minority…

…1 diabetes. Traditional factors such as smoking, family history of premature coronary disease, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia did not fully explain the excess coronary risk. Rheumatoid…

…life in several family members. Imaging studies did not reveal structural cardiac abnormalities, nor coronary artery disease. Another male patient, with similar ST segment changes…

…When did the patient first note the symptoms and how have the symptoms developed over time? In stable ischemic heart disease, symptoms are typically not…

…did not eliminate it. Angiographic restenosis—defined in the source material as follow up diameter stenosis greater than 50%—occurred in 20–30% of patients…

…Readers not familiar with the terms absolute and relative risk may be confused by the previous paragraph. The absolute risk of an event (such as…