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Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring: Prognostic Use in Practice

…and does not require intravenous access, premedication, or special preparation. The most widely used quantification method is the Agatston score, which incorporates both the area…

🟠 Ticagrelor (Brilinta, Brilique)

…be administered with or without food. For patients who cannot swallow the tablets whole, they can be crushed, mixed in half a glass of water…

Exercise stress testing in special patient populations

…coronary syndromes (myocardial infarction), women, elderly and revascularized individuals Clinicians should be familiar with the special challenges posed by some patient populations. The sensitivity, specificity…

Performing Echocardiographic Examinations

…possible image quality, patient safety and ergonomics for the operator, special examination tables are used. These tables are equipped with an opening (cutout), where the…

Dix–Hallpike test and Epley manoeuvre

…manoeuvre. Indications Brief attacks of vertigo, seconds to a minute or so, that are provoked by a change of position — turning over in bed, lying…

Oxygen therapy

…why, or the patient at risk of carbon dioxide retention is given 15 litres on a reservoir mask and drifts off into a respiratory acidosis…

Pulmonary embolism: quick reference for risk stratification and treatment

…cancer, chronic cardiac or pulmonary disease, a pulse ≥ 110/min, a systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg and a saturation < 90 per cent. An…

Overview of the ECG Waves, Deflections, Intervals, Durations

…is called the PR segment. The PR segment is the baseline (also referred to as reference line or isoelectric line ) of the ECG curve. Thus…

Left Ventricular Function

…introduced to assess left ventricular function. The majority of these parameters can be calculated or approximated using two dimensional echocardiography. The most widely adopted parameter…

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