…parameters that must be evaluated and the final result of the test depends on an integrated assessment of six components: Symptoms Exercise performance (functional capacity…

…should therefore be integrated with clinical assessment and established risk estimation systems rather than used in isolation. Test Performance and Acquisition A contemporary CAC examination…

…examination is associated with a sense of exposure, and technically correct performance is only half the task. The examination must be preceded by information about…

…are elevated. The syndrome is therefore defined by symptoms and signs of congestion or impaired cardiac performance rather than by ejection fraction alone. Heart failure…

…HEMORR₂HAGES score. Comparison with ATRIA and HAS BLED Scores Several studies have compared the predictive performance of HEMORR₂HAGES with other bleeding risk assessment tools, notably…

…because coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and functional imaging have higher diagnostic performance. Its most consistent contemporary role is therefore the assessment of functional capacity…

…pressures are reduced. The central management principle is preservation of adequate right ventricular preload while supporting left ventricular performance and systemic circulation. Improvement in left…

…coronary artery disease (CAD). It combines echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular (LV) structure and function with exercise or pharmacological stress. The physiological basis is an…

…safely restore sinus rhythm, obviating slow drug titration and rendering the supraventricular versus ventricular distinction less critical. Performance involves sedation (e.g., intravenous midazolam, propofol…

…in order to assess the presence of myocardial ischemia, evaluate angina pectoris, evaluate exercise performance, evaluate the effect of interventions and medications, and prognosticate survival…

…the hemodynamic significance of a coronary lesion, with anatomic and functional assessment discordant in a substantial minority of intermediate lesions. Over the past three decades…

…objectively verifiable fatigable symptoms. Assessment of whether residual weakness in a patient with known myasthenia responds to further cholinesterase inhibition. The test has a sensitivity…

…not necessarily acute normalisation in the emergency department [1,3]. Step 1: confirm the blood pressure and stabilise the patient Immediate assessment 1. Assess airway…

…8% Interpretation of ATRIA risk score. Comparison with other bleeding risk models Several bleeding risk assessment tools exist for patients with AF, including HAS BLED…

…wave duration are minimally changed. The sinus rate may decrease in heart failure patients whose left ventricular performance is improved by the drug, but indiv

…failure occurring with mildly impaired LV systolic function. The syndrome remains fundamentally one of impaired cardiac performance, in which the heart cannot provide blood flow…

…not be performed in the presence of absolute contraindications. Relative contraindications call for an individualized assessment of the risks; if the benefit outweighs the risk…

…the most used systems are the cerebral performance category (CPC) Score and modified Ranking Score (mRS). Cerebral Performance Category score (CPC Score) Cerebral function among…