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Short Synacthen test

…with the patient fasting or having had a light breakfast according to local practice. Let the patient rest lying down or sitting for at least…

🟠 HEMORR₂HAGES Bleeding Risk Score

…in AF patients, the HAS BLED score demonstrated superior predictive performance compared to both HEMORR₂HAGES and ATRIA. The HAS BLED score had the highest net…

A new ECG biomarker for sudden cardiac death

…The limitation, familiar to every electrophysiologist, is that LVEF is both insensitive and non specific for SCD. Most people who die suddenly never had an…

Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…of patients discharged with presumed non ischaemic chest pain were subsequently found to have had an infarction. Pathophysiological Considerations The central pathophysiological concern in the…

Introduction to cardiac arrest

…during the stressful circumstances surrounding a sudden cardiac arrest, uncertainty may arise with regard to no flow time, low flow time, patient preferences, patient background…

A Novel Familial Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndrome Identified Using ECG

…related to his arrhythmia. His father and uncle, with similar ST segment changes, were diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in their 60s. The father had repeated…

Blood Pressure Targets in Older and Frail Adults

…older patients may need treatment to prevent one adverse cardiovascular outcome, the potential benefit for an individual patient may remain substantial. At the same time…

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)

…from the patient to an oxygenator (gas exchanger), where it undergoes oxygenation and carbon dioxide removal, and then reintroducing the oxygenated blood into the circulation…

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome, stress induced cardiomyopathy)

…of patients referred to PCI with a suspicion of STE ACS/STEMI, actually have takotsubo. Previous studies reported that 98 out of 100 cases had…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

…contributors to maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Their incidence has increased in parallel with older maternal age at first childbirth and the rising…

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