…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…

… an accelerating pattern, with increasing frequency or severity; angina that awakens the patient from sleep. Patients receiving modified antiplatelet therapy require clinical surveillance for both…

…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…

…an early cytosolic pool have all been associated with detectable troponin. High sensitivity assays may therefore identify a continuum of myocardial injury ranging from minor…

…when appropriate, immediate percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Complications are uncommon, but their clinical spectrum ranges from transient arrhythmias and minor access site bleeding to myocardial…

…pathological intracranial findings. Patients with ACS undergoing PCI treated with prasugrel and ASA exhibited a higher risk of major and minor bleeding, as classified by…

…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…

…the explanation for the presentation. Clinical presentation and symptoms Patients typically present with symptoms suggestive of ACS and troponin elevation. The clinical and electrocardiographic manifestations…