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ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid)

…Secondary prophylaxis to prevent recurrence of cerebrovascular diseases, such as: Transient ischemic attacks (TIA). Stroke Contraindications Cross reactivity: Do not administer to patients with a…

ArticleCardiology
Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease

…sex , and genetically influenced effects on the cardiovascular system. Acute exposure produces transient haemodynamic and myocardial effects, whereas sustained heavy consumption is associated with hypertension…

ArticleCardiology
Post-Infarction Pericarditis and Dressler Syndrome

…AMI): Early infarct associated pericarditis , which develops from several hours to approximately 4 days after infarction and is usually transient. Late post acute myocardial infarction…

ArticleEchocardiography
Cardiac thromboembolism: cardiac sources of embolism

…ventricles, valves, and proximal aorta can cause stroke, TIA (transient ischemic attack), coronary artery occlusion, and peripheral embolization. Stroke is the third leading cause of…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 CHADS-VA Bleeding Risk Score

…AF patients. Evidence suggests that the increased stroke risk in women is more closely associated with other comorbidities and age rather than sex alone. Consequently…

ArticleKunskapsbas
🟠 Prasugrel (Effient, Efient, Prasita)

…such as gastrointestinal bleeding or intracranial hemorrhage. History of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Severely impaired liver function classified as Child Pugh Class C…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…artery disease. Proposed explanations in the source material include cardiac memory after abnormal ventricular activation, transient rate related conduction abnormalities, pacing related repolarization changes, and…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Isoprenaline and Dopamine Infusions for Bradycardia

…disorders frequently present with presyncope or syncope. Diagnosing transient or paroxysmal AV block in these individuals can be challenging. A high suspicion of intermittent infrahisian…

ArticleEchocardiography
Stress Echocardiography: Protocols and Interpretation

…stress generally indicates previous infarction. Extensive ischaemia may produce a reduction in global LVEF and transient LV cavity dilatation during stress. Stress echocardiography can also…

ArticleArrhythmias and arrhythmology
Vasovagal Syncope: Diagnosis, Tilt Testing and Treatment

…Most cardioinhibitory events are due to sinus bradycardia, though transient atrioventricular (AV) block can also occur. The physiologic response to orthostatic stress is incompletely understood…

ArticleECG
Indications for pacemaker

…following conditions may cause intermittent bradycardia: Extrasystoles (premature ventricular beats or premature atrial supraventricular beats) can cause transient AV blocks by affecting the AV node…

ArticleReferensvärden
Liver parameters

…A markedly raised GGT with the other tests normal is most often enzyme induction by alcohol or drugs and is often of no clinical significance…

ArticleEmergency medicine
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Definitions and Initial Triage

…a transient and reversible mismatch between myocardial oxygen demand and blood supply, generally during exertion, emotional stress, or another stressor. Manifestations include angina, other chest…

ArticleClinical chemistry & laboratory medicine
Myocardial Injury Versus Infarction: Interpreting Troponin Elevation

…assays. Troponin can enter the circulation through mechanisms that do not necessarily involve established pathological necrosis. Brief ischaemia, transient pressure overload, increased sarcolemmal permeability, apoptosis…

ArticleCardiology
Levosimendan (Simdax, Simendan) in acute heart failure

…cardiac transplantation or mechanical circulatory support, nonfatal myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack or stroke, and initiation of renal replacement therapy. The study found no significant…

ArticleECG
The ECG in assessment of myocardial reperfusion

…treated with thrombolysis, because reperfusion may be inadequate and/or transient with thrombolysis therapy (PCI is superior to thrombolysis also in this aspect). Guidelines recommend…

ArticleGastroenterologi & hepatologi
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding: quick reference

…coffee ground vomiting or melaena. Haematochezia can occur in massive upper bleeding with rapid intestinal transit. Coffee ground vomiting is less specific than fresh haematemesis…