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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

…generation or conduction failure. The pathophysiology of these events may stem from reversible causes, including hypovolemia, hypoxia, cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax, preexisting acidosis, drug overdose…

Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…recommendations support intensification of pre existing lipid lowering therapy during the index ACS admission. In treatment naïve patients unlikely to achieve the LDL C goal…

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

…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-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

…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…

🟠 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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