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ACE Inhibitors: Initiation, Titration and Creatinine Monitoring

…further enhances the effects of angiotensin suppression. In the context of chronic kidney disease, ACE inhibitors slow the rate of decline of kidney function in…

Cardiovascular Prevention in the Very Elderly

…peripheral arterial disease. More than 70% of older adults presenting with myocardial infarction, stroke, acute aortic syndromes, or heart failure have preexisting hypertension. The relationship…

Preeclampsia and Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders as Future Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiology Clinical medicine Definition and clinical classification Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy comprise chronic or pre existing hypertension, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia. Collectively, they affect approximately…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

…such as severe pre existing valvular disease or excessive beta blocker or calcium channel blocker exposure. The incidence of cardiogenic shock complicating STEMI has fallen…

🟠 Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity

…no INFED IRON DEXTRAN IRON DEXTRAN Mixed ar less patients with pre existing cardiovascular disease/cardiac arrest Solu Cortef HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE…

Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…indicate the need for inodilator therapy. Furthermore, acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock can present de novo in pregnant women without pre existing heart disease…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…The assessment should also clarify: Whether AF is pre existing, newly detected, or newly developed during the acute illness The ventricular rate and its relationship…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…as an increase in the frequency of a pre existing arrhythmia, the sustenance of a previously non sustained arrhythmia, or the development of an entirely…

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and ECG Criteria

…infarction has occurred The extent and degree of myocardial involvement The anatomical territory, including anterior, inferoposterolateral or right ventricular involvement Pre existing abnormalities such as…

Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…at least in part, the nocebo effect : negative expectations, contextual cues and attribution of pre existing symptoms to the medication. No single diagnostic test can…

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