…death, and among those who did, only a minority had a reduced value — the majority of sudden cardiac deaths occur in patients with preserved LVEF…

…have more comorbidities and a higher risk of complications than patients without AF; both short and long term prognosis are worse than in patients who…

…experience. Studies have demonstrated that a significant proportion of patients with acute coronary occlusion (ACO) do not exhibit classic ST segment elevation on ECG, leading…

…of the thrombus. This means that a patient who experienced chest pain at home may be asymptomatic during the assessment in the ER, only to…

…is now applied to patients with a baseline LVEF ≤40% who have experienced a ≥10 point increase in LVEF, with a subsequent measurement of 40…

…threatening complications. Among patients with established peripheral artery disease, those who stop smoking have approximately twice the five year survival of those who continue. After…

…to direct targeted interventions toward them. A permanent pacemaker is generally indicated when reversible causes are absent and the patient is symptomatic or at risk…

…low risk PE includes stable patients who are not low risk but have either RV dysfunction or elevated biomarkers, or neither of these abnormalities in…

…A referral or notification to the anticoagulation clinic, and a decision on who will dose during the first week. Written patient information: the Waran booklet…

…adherence, although prospective outcome trials have not directly established that upfront combination therapy is superior to upfront monotherapy for every patient with isolated hypertension. Single…