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Ivabradine: Indications, Dosing and Heart-Rate Targets

Cardiology Pharmacology & dosing Definition and pharmacological basis Ivabradine is a selective inhibitor of the If, or “funny,” current in sinoatrial node pacemaker cells. This current…

🟠 Phentolamine

…®, Rogitine ® Indications Hypertensive crisis. Mechanism of action Phentolamine is a non selective alpha adrenergic blocker. Phentolamine reduces blood pressure while increasing catecholamine activity…

🟠 Clevidipine

…calcium channel blocker. Clevidipine is highly selective for vascular smooth muscle cells and has little or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces…

Invasive Coronary Angiography: Indications and Vascular Access

…and Clinical Role Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is a catheter based investigation that visualizes the coronary arterial tree after selective intracoronary contrast injection under fluoroscopy…

🟠 1-2-3-LQTS Risk Calculator

…implantation. Beta blockers, particularly non selective agents like nadolol and propranolol, are the first line treatment for reducing arrhythmic risk across all LQTS genotypes. These…

🟠 1-2-3-LQTS Risk Calculator

…implantation. Beta blockers, particularly non selective agents like nadolol and propranolol, are the first line treatment for reducing arrhythmic risk across all LQTS genotypes. These…

🟠 Hypertensive emergency (crisis) - Drugs, doses & management

…calcium channel blocker. Clevidipine is highly selective for vascular smooth muscle cells and has little or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces…

Hypertensive emergency (crisis)

…calcium channel blocker. Clevidipine is highly selective for vascular smooth muscle cells and has little or no effect on myocardial contractility or conduction. Clevidipine reduces…

Pharmacologic agents in myocardial perfusion imaging

…activity. Advantages of regadenoson over adenosine Regadenoson has advantages over adenosine: Regadenoson is a selective A2A receptor agonist : A2A receptors are responsible for coronary vasodilation…

Acute vertigo: quick reference for HINTS and differential diagnosis

…by first establishing the time course and precipitating circumstances , and then selecting a targeted examination. The patient's description of the quality of the dizziness…

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