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Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

…Suspected bone marrow metastasis. Assessment of treatment response and measurement of residual disease (MRD). Fever of unknown origin or suspected granulomatous disease with marrow involvement…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…standing up, tilting the head backwards. A symptom free interval between attacks, with possible residual unsteadiness. No hearing loss, tinnitus or neurological deficits. In horizontal…

Edrophonium test

…objectively verifiable fatigable symptoms. Assessment of whether residual weakness in a patient with known myasthenia responds to further cholinesterase inhibition. The test has a sensitivity…

Urinary catheterisation

…Indications Acute urinary retention. Chronic urinary retention with renal impairment or a large residual volume. A need for accurate measurement of urine output in a…

Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction

…prognosis is influenced particularly by: Resting left ventricular function The amount of residual viable myocardium exposed to ischaemic risk Susceptibility to serious ventricular arrhythmias Cardiac…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…lowering and other guideline directed therapies. Anti inflammatory treatment seeks to reduce this residual risk without necessarily altering lipid concentrations, blood pressure or other conventional…

Complete Versus Culprit-Only Revascularization in Acute Coronary Syndrome

…angiographically satisfactory stenting may leave clinically relevant residual ischaemia, particularly after complex coronary intervention. The clinical importance of residual disease is also influenced by anatomic…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…likely with: Small reference vessel diameter A small post procedural lumen Substantial residual stenosis Long lesions Diabetes mellitus Untreated edge dissection Components and mechanisms of…

Ezetimibe: Place in Therapy and Expected LDL-C Reduction

…Ezetimibe is particularly relevant when the residual LDL C reduction required is greater than can reasonably be obtained with a statin alone but does not…

PCSK9 Inhibitors: Indications, Efficacy and Access

…C lowering depends partly on residual LDL receptor expression. PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies are less effective in homozygous FH when residual LDL receptor function is limited…

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