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Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Diagnosis and Treatment

…annular dilatation, or both; progressive ventricular remodeling may also occur in primary valvular disease. Increasing severity of mitral regurgitation is associated with worse outcomes. Pulmonary…

Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…TdP). Drug induced LQTS and TdP represent a multifactorial clinical entity that typically emerges when multiple modifiable and non modifiable risk factors converge. The electrophysiological…

Non-ST Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) and Unstable Angina

…Plaques, Atherothrombosis Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic, progressive, and highly dynamic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall. It is characterized by the subendothelial accumulation of…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

Cardiology Coronary Atherosclerosis Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic, progressive, and highly complex lipid driven inflammatory disease of the arterial intima that serves as the fundamental…

Anticoagulation Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation

…The contemporary understanding of AF has evolved significantly; it is no longer viewed merely as an electrical anomaly but as a progressive, complex atrial myopathy…

Immediate Management of Type A and Type B Aortic Dissection

…disruption of the adventitia can result in rupture. An alternative proposed mechanism is primary rupture of the vasa vasorum, followed by disruption of the intima…

Post-Infarction Mechanical Complications: Ventricular Septal, Free-Wall, and Papillary Muscle Rupture

…and viable myocardium. The incidence has fallen substantially with contemporary reperfusion, particularly primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In a large epidemiological analysis, mechanical complications occurred…

🟠 HCM Risk-SCD Calculator

…may indicate underlying arrhythmias. Age : Younger patients are generally at higher risk of SCD due to the progressive nature of HCM. By combining these factors…

Risk Factor Modification: The Evidence Base for Primary Prevention

…principal scope of primary prevention, secondary prevention provides an important contrast. Patients with manifest clinical disease are at high risk of progression and generally require…

Exercise Electrocardiographic Testing: Indications, Limitations and Interpretation

ECG Exercise stress test Definition and clinical role Exercise electrocardiographic testing is a standardized assessment in which a patient performs progressively increasing external work, usually…

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