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Incretins in Cardiometabolic Medicine: Leveraging GLP-1, GIP, and Glucagon Receptor Agonism for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction

…3 For patients with a BMI below 35 kg/m², direct assessments such as waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, or dual X ray absorptiometry…

The ECG in assessment of myocardial reperfusion

…in the catheterization laboratory in patients undergoing acute PCI. The PCI operator may use the ECG to obtain immediate confirmation on whether the intervention was…

Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease

…premature atherosclerotic disease. In a large UK clinical database, autoimmune disease was associated with 23.3 cardiovascular events per 1000 patient years, compared with 15…

Cardiac arrest in hypothermia (accidental hypothermia)

…any cold or damp textiles. Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) following standard protocols, emphasizing concurrent rapid rewarming of the patient. Consider extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…1β inhibition Canakinumab reduced inflammatory biomarkers without affecting lipids or other major coronary risk factors. In patients with previous myocardial infarction and residual inflammation…

Aspirin in Primary Prevention: Current Recommendations

…events prevented was similar to the number of major bleeding events caused. The evidence is not materially different by age or sex in the overall…

ECG in left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH): criteria and implications

…mm S V1 or S V2 ≥30 mm R V5 or R V6 ≥30 mm 3 Discordant ST T change in a patient not on…

De-escalation and Shortened Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

…of patients with STEMI or other very high risk features. Noninferiority studies designed mainly around bleeding outcomes may not reliably exclude clinically important differences in…

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) in acute myocardial infarction: the Sgarbossa criteria

…to study patients presenting with LBBB and suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by referring them for urgent reperfusion therapy, which at the time was primarily…

Poisoning: quick reference for antidotes and initial management

…centre , which in most countries is staffed around the clock for health care professionals. Contact the centre early in serious, unusual or unclear poisoning, with…

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