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Familial and Genetic Screening in Premature Cardiovascular Disease

…and scope Familial and genetic screening in cardiovascular medicine is the systematic assessment of relatives and other individuals who may carry an inherited predisposition to…

Hypertension: Initial Combination Therapy and Drug Selection

…and patient preferences. The source material describes hypertension using differing thresholds across international guidance. One framework defines confirmed hypertension as blood pressure consistently above 130…

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy / Dysplasia (ARVC, ARVD)

…Most mutations are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, with variable penetrance and expressivity. Recessive forms exist, although they are rare (Naxos disease, Carvajal syndrome)…

Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

…be counteracted with simultaneous administration of norepinephrine. All patients with severe acute heart failure who receive levosimendan should be monitored invasively (e.g. arterial line…

Short and long-term prognostication in cardiac arrest

…is most pronounced and extends towards the penumbra zone (the outermost and less ischemic area), which may receive oxygen from collateral vessels. In cardiac arrest…

Supraventricular and intraventricular conduction defects in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…near the ventricular cavity, and it may to some extent receive oxygen from the blood in the ventricular cavity. The right bundle branch then runs…

The left ventricle in myocardial ischemia and infarction

…Indeed, the atrial myocardium consists of such a thick layer that much of it may receive oxygen directly from the blood within the atrial cavity…

The ultrasound transducer

…via electrodes. Figure 2. The ultrasound transducer and the piezoelectric crystals that generate and receive ultrasound waves. Piezoelectric crystals have unique electromechanical properties. When an…

Amiodarone: Loading, Maintenance Dosing and Monitoring Schedule

…patients with left ventricular dysfunction, though those with depressed ejection fraction should receive it with great caution due to the risk of hypotension. Peripheral IV

Cardiovascular Risk in Women: Sex-Specific Factors

…risk, access to care, clinical assessment and treatment. These influences are particularly important because women have historically been perceived as being at lower cardiovascular risk…

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