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Acquired QT Prolongation and Drug-Induced Arrhythmia

…pathways. Proarrhythmic events occur in 5% to 10% of patients receiving antiarrhythmic agents, and this risk is amplified in the presence of heart failure. Clinical…

Warfarin therapy

…on dialysis, where DOACs lack documentation or have only weak evidence. Venous thromboembolism when a DOAC cannot be used (interactions, cost, adherence, pregnancy after the…

🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…generally not recommended. If deemed necessary after careful individual benefit risk assessment by the prescribing physician: Initial dose : 60 mg single loading dose. Maintenance dose…

Bempedoic Acid: Evidence and Clinical Use

…despite maximally tolerated therapy. It is a prodrug activated predominantly in the liver by very long chain acyl CoA synthetase 1. This activating enzyme is…

De-escalation and Shortened Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

…was performed; the type of revascularization; stent related risk; whether long term oral anticoagulation is required; tolerance of treatment during the initial months. Patients with…

Digoxin: Dosing, Therapeutic Range and Toxicity Management

…Diagnostics Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology Electrocardiographic evaluation of patients receiving digoxin reveals specific electrophysiologic profiles. Digoxin's autonomic actions largely slow the sinus node discharge rate…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…event while receiving maximally tolerated statin therapy, an LDL C goal below 1.0 mmol/L (<40 mg/dL) may be considered. The cited recommendations…

Inclisiran and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Agents

…one ASCVD risk equivalent who were receiving statins, inclisiran produced a further reduction in LDL C of approximately 50%. The effect was consistent in patients…

Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…naïve patients unlikely to achieve the LDL C goal with statin therapy alone, initiation of high intensity statin plus ezetimibe during hospitalization should be considered…

PCSK9 Inhibitors: Indications, Efficacy and Access

…receiving maximally tolerated statin therapy, an LDL C goal below 1.0 mmol/L (<40 mg/dL) may be considered in the circumstances specified by…

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