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Statin Intolerance and Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms

…cholesterol synthesis. Reduced hepatic cholesterol production increases hepatic LDL receptor expression, thereby enhancing removal of LDL particles from the circulation. Statins also reduce production of…

Inclisiran and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Agents

…the availability of hepatic low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL C) receptors at the cell surface, and thereby enhances removal of LDL C from the circulation…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…Its principal clinical effect is therefore reduction of LDL cholesterol (LDL C), through a mechanism complementary to that of statins. Statins reduce hepatic cholesterol synthesis…

PCSK9 Inhibitors: Indications, Efficacy and Access

…associated with protection from cardiovascular disease. Pharmacological PCSK9 inhibition increases the effective availability of hepatic LDL receptors and thereby enhances LDL C removal from plasma…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…gauze. The digital block Anaesthetise from the dorsal aspect, one injection medial and one lateral to the base of the phalanx, 2–3 mL on…

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR)

…a type of ECLS, operates by drawing venous blood from the patient to an oxygenator (gas exchanger), where it undergoes oxygenation and carbon dioxide removal…

Otoscopy and ear syringing

…tinnitus, fever in a child without an obvious focus, and before every ear syringing. Removal of cerumen: Hearing loss, a blocked sensation, itching, earache or…

Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…the rest. Support your working hand against the patient's zygoma or the bridge of the nose. 4. Approach tangentially from the periphery , never through…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…removal of an apparent epicardial stenosis The clinical consequences depend on the amount of viable myocardium supplied by the affected vessel and the adequacy of…

Torsades de Pointes: Definition, Characteristics, and Management

…criteria for evaluating the success of TdP treatment or detailed step by step algorithms for alternative therapies when initial pharmacological approaches fail to suppress the…

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