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Secondary Hypertension: When and How to Investigate

… rather, it is an indicator of increased cardiovascular risk and a setting in which secondary hypertension is relatively common. Patients presumed to have resistant hypertension…

Antiplatelet Therapy in Secondary Prevention After Myocardial Infarction

…loading dose. Efficacy and harms In secondary prevention trials involving patients with previous vascular disease, aspirin reduced the combined incidence of non fatal MI, non…

Resistant Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment

…kidney function; Excess dietary sodium and volume overload; Concomitant drugs or conditions that increase blood pressure; or An undiagnosed secondary cause of hypertension. White coat…

Torsades de Pointes: Definition, Characteristics, and Management

…depending on the specific drug and dosage [1]. Acute Management and Treatment Alternatives The management of TdP and related malignant ventricular arrhythmias requires a structured…

Hypertriglyceridaemia: Management and Cardiovascular Risk

…establish: The triglyceride concentration and whether the sample was fasting or non fasting. The presence of ASCVD, peripheral arterial disease or aortic disease. Secondary causes…

Atropine: Dosing in Bradycardia and Its Limitations

…and hyperkalemia. For recurrent symptomatic bradycardia, temporary or permanent pacing may be required. However, transcutaneous pacing in the setting of cardiac arrest has not demonstrated…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…the balance between reduction in ischaemic events and possible infectious or other non cardiovascular adverse outcomes. Mechanisms of action Colchicine Colchicine appears to exert several…

Primary Aldosteronism: Screening and Management

…of secondary hypertension. Aldosterone acts principally through the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). After entering target cells, it binds the MR, which translocates to the nucleus and…

Atrial and ventricular enlargement: hypertrophy and dilatation on ECG

…the chamber and this leads to dilatation. The most common cause is valvular regurgitation (insufficiency). For example, aortic regurgitation causes the flow of blood from…

Ventricular rhythm and accelerated ventricular rhythm (idioventricular rhythm)

…after reperfusion in an occluded coronary artery. It also occurs as side effect of drugs, hypoxia, myocarditis and electrolyte disorders. Because the rate (60–100…

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