…treated successfully in many instances. Cardiac tamponade : Tamponade in trauma patients is due to blood accumulation in the pericardial sack. This impairs atrial and ventricular…

…Wait 10 minutes — insufficient waiting time is the commonest reason for the patient finding the procedure painful. Test with a needle tip before you start…

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

…in association with an inferior left ventricular infarction. At least minor right ventricular necrosis is found in approximately one third of patients with inferior infarction…

…Thus, a patient may have acute myocardial injury without having an infarction. The degree of troponin elevation does not by itself establish the mechanism. Increased…

…preferred for coronary angiography and PCI because it is associated with fewer vascular and bleeding complications than femoral access. In patients with acute coronary syndrome…

…Contraindicated in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child Pugh Class C). Pediatric population Safety and efficacy in children under 18 years have not been established…

…This has resulted in an increased prevalence of congenital heart disease in the general population, such that most clinicians will regularly encounter patients with CHD…

…B, Lane DA, Lip GYH. Comparison of bleeding risk scores in patients with atrial fibrillation: insights from the AFFIRM trial. J Intern Med . 2018;283…

…A substantial proportion present with NSTEMI, although STEMI occurs in approximately one third. Patients with MINOCA related STEMI generally do not have a prodrome before…