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Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…symptom. It includes pain, pressure, tightness, heaviness, burning, or discomfort in the chest and may extend to the arms, shoulders, neck, jaw, upper back, abdomen…

Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease

…including: Coronary arteritis Accelerated atherosclerosis Coronary microvascular dysfunction Pericarditis Myocarditis Valvular disease APS and Behçet disease can cause both arterial and venous thrombosis. In SLE…

Pericardial Effusion & Cardiac tamponade

…congenital malformations leading to an incomplete or absent pericardium. In case of suspicion of pericardial disease, it is important to conduct a careful investigation as…

Constrictive pericarditis: definition, causes, diagnosis & echocardiography

…is why it is important to detect the disease early in the course. Hemodynamic effects of constrictive pericarditis Diastolic heart failure and right heart failure…

Indications and contraindications for myocardial perfusion imaging

…with increased risk of hypotension in patients with autonomic dysfunction, hypovolemia, or severe coronary or valvular disease Recent (<48 hours) use of dipyridamole or dipyridamole…

Exercise stress test on cycle ergometer

…artery disease. Assessment of exercise capacity and symptoms in known heart disease. Risk assessment after myocardial infarction or before revascularisation. Evaluation of treatment effect in…

Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Clinical Overview

…diagnosis, as the syndrome associated with ischemic heart disease is broader than chest pain itself, encompassing symptoms like tightness, pressure, and discomfort in the chest…

Cardiac Tamponade: Recognition and Pericardiocentesis

…free wall rupture after infarction Anticoagulant associated bleeding Renal failure Systemic inflammatory disease Catheter based electrophysiological and structural cardiac procedures In patients with acute pericarditis…

Atrial fibrillation: ECG, classification, causes, risk factors & management

…pericarditis/myocarditis or pulmonary embolism is often a reversible arrhythmia with low risk of recurrence. Atrial fibrillation in other circumstances (particularly those listed above) is…

Stent Thrombosis: Timing, Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention

…incomplete apposition, or persistent disease at the inflow or outflow edges. The contemporary incidence of stent thrombosis is approximately 1% during the first year after…

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