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ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
In-Stent Restenosis: Mechanisms and Treatment

…Presentation and Symptoms The clinical spectrum of ISR is broad: Many patients remain asymptomatic. The most common symptomatic presentation is CCS, usually with recurrent angina…

ArticleCardiology
Diuretic Strategy and Decongestion in Heart Failure

…Hypoperfusion with persistent organ injury Consider mechanical circulatory support Refractory advanced disease Consider palliative care Right ventricular failure is characterized by increased right atrial and…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Stent Thrombosis: Timing, Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention

…and fibrin formation. Within a stented segment, thrombus may also develop because of disturbed flow, residual dissection, inadequate stent expansion, incomplete apposition, or persistent disease…

ArticleMyocardial ischemia and infarction
Unstable Angina: Definition and Contemporary Management

…Endothelial dysfunction, coronary microvascular disease and vasospasm may coexist with atherosclerosis or may be the dominant cause of ischaemia. Other mechanisms capable of obstructing coronary…

ArticleCardiology
Refractory Angina: Options When Standard Therapy Fails

…tachyarrhythmias, uncontrolled heart failure, and concomitant valvular heart disease. In patients with ANOCA/INOCA, symptoms may persist despite non obstructive coronary anatomy. Such patients require…

ArticleEchocardiography
Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…heart failure. Recurrent ischemia or reinfarction. Ventricular tachyarrhythmia. Features suggesting systemic embolization. In patients with recurrent chest pain and hemodynamic compromise after MI, mechanical complications…

ArticleProcedurer
Electrical cardioversion

…Unstable monomorphic VT with a pulse. Pre excitation with atrial fibrillation and a very rapid ventricular rate. Elective or subacute: Symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation where…

ArticleProcedurer
Otoscopy and ear syringing

…membrane cannot be inspected and the examination is needed for the diagnosis. Before audiometry or the fitting of a hearing aid. Recurrent otitis externa in…

ArticleProcedurer
Pleural aspiration and chest drain

…effusion with a pH below 7.20, haemothorax, a symptomatic or large pneumothorax, recurrent malignant effusion (often combined with pleurodesis), and in chest trauma and…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…in the early hours following infarction may be associated with hemodynamic compromise. More broadly, bradyarrhythmic arrest and asystole represent severe manifestations of impulse generation or…

ArticleCardiology
Lipoprotein(a): Measurement and Clinical Implications

…recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events. The strongest observed associations are with myocardial infarction and aortic valve stenosis; associations are less pronounced with peripheral arterial disease…

ArticleCardiology
PCSK9 Inhibitors: Indications, Efficacy and Access

…when the target remains unmet despite maximally tolerated statin therapy and ezetimibe. For patients with a recurrent atherothrombotic event while receiving maximally tolerated statin therapy…

ArticleCardiology
Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…inadequate emotional support is associated with recurrent cardiac events. One possible mechanism is poorer adherence to prescribed treatment. Rehabilitation programmes that incorporate psychosocial care and…

ArticleCardiology
Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Statins as First-Line Treatment

…be considered. Effective lipid lowering improves survival and reduces cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary artery disease irrespective of the baseline cholesterol concentration. Intensive statin…

ArticleProcedurer
Reduction of dislocations

…The exceptions are an obvious recurrent dislocation in a patient with known instability and a low energy mechanism, and a neurovascularly threatened limb in which…

ArticleProcedurer
Oesophageal ECG

…orthodromic AVRT and atrial tachycardia. Suspected atrial flutter with a rapid, regular ventricular rhythm in which the flutter waves are concealed. A recurrent unclear wide…

ArticleProcedurer
Paracentesis

…choose a new site if in doubt Cellulitis over the insertion site Change the puncture site Preparation and equipment Ultrasound with a curved array probe…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 1-2-3-LQTS Risk Calculator

…and reducing arrhythmic events, contingent upon the specific mutation present. For patients at elevated risk—such as those with a history of cardiac arrest, recurrent…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 1-2-3-LQTS Risk Calculator

…and reducing arrhythmic events, contingent upon the specific mutation present. For patients at elevated risk—such as those with a history of cardiac arrest, recurrent…

ArticleEchocardiography
Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy

…cause of left ventricular dysfunction among patients with atrial fibrillation and other supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Moreover, ventricular tachyarrhythmias (including recurrent episodes of ventricular tachycardia) can also…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Sotalol: Initiation, QT Monitoring and Renal Dosing

…approved to treat patients with life threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias and atrial fibrillation (AF). It is also effective in preventing the recurrence of a wide variety…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…artery disease. Proposed explanations in the source material include cardiac memory after abnormal ventricular activation, transient rate related conduction abnormalities, pacing related repolarization changes, and…

ArticleEmergency medicine
Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Pathways

…be integrated with the clinical history, ECG, and subsequent investigations. The emergency differential also reflects distinct mechanisms of acute cardiopulmonary disease: Pulmonary embolism and spontaneous…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Prophylaxis against recurrence of cerebrovascular disease: 75–80 mg tablet once daily. Warnings and precautions Use Aspirin with caution in the following cases: Concurrent anticoagulant…

ArticleCPR
Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 7

…tachycardia. ECG 3 . Spontaneous termination of the ventricular tachycardia. ECG 4 . Recurrence and spontaneous termination of ventricular tachycardia. ECG 5 . Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, self terminating…