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Noradrenaline, Dobutamine and Levosimendan: Practical Infusion Use

…cardiogenic shock can present de novo in pregnant women without pre existing heart disease, such as in peripartum cardiomyopathy, or secondary to known cardiac conditions…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…including hypovolemia, hypoxia, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, preexisting acidosis, drug overdose, hypothermia, and hyperkalemia. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms The clinical manifestation of bradycardia depends on…

Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…statin therapy during ACS hospitalization. European recommendations support intensification of pre existing lipid lowering therapy during the index ACS admission. In treatment naïve patients unlikely…

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…

Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…In the critically ill patient, AF may be pre existing, newly detected for the first time, or newly developed during management of an acute illness…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…constitutes a major clinical problem. It can manifest as an increase in the frequency of a pre existing arrhythmia, the sustenance of a previously non…

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…

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and ECG Criteria

…involvement The anatomical territory, including anterior, inferoposterolateral or right ventricular involvement Pre existing abnormalities such as prior infarction, left bundle branch block, Wolff–Parkinson–White…

Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…the nocebo effect : negative expectations, contextual cues and attribution of pre existing symptoms to the medication. No single diagnostic test can distinguish a pharmacological SAMS…

🟠 Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity

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

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