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Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

…and lead configuration when records are incomplete. A full device check should be available within the recommended interval before elective surgery. In the absence of…

Cardiac amyloidosis

…or those undergoing aortic valve replacement [1, 5, 10]. A history of increasing frequency of hospitalizations and visits for heart failure without disease recognition in…

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…and spotty calcification. However, the concept has important limitations. Although thin capped fibroatheromas may have imaging characteristics associated with rupture, fewer than 5% of such…

Stress Echocardiography: Protocols and Interpretation

…requires assessment of dynamic LV function, valve disease, pulmonary pressure, or haemodynamics Stress imaging is not recommended in patients undergoing urgent non cardiac surgery or…

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Duration After Acute Coronary Syndromes and Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

…Whether and how PCI was performed. The need for non cardiac surgery. The presence of an indication for oral anticoagulation (OAC). Clinical context and treatment…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

…of patients undergoing primary PCI have multivessel disease. In ACS complicated by cardiogenic shock, multivessel disease is present in approximately 80% of patients. Evaluation and…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has demonstrated procedural injury in patients undergoing either procedure, and postprocedural cTnI elevation correlates with evidence of injury on cardiac…

Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Risk Assessment and Prevention

…failure or other cardiac dysfunction; haemodynamic instability; anaemia; multiple myeloma or other renal disease; hepatic disease; concurrent nephrotoxic drugs, including NSAIDs; and repeated or high…

Atrial Flutter: Mechanisms, ECG Recognition and Management

…altered when atrial activation is modified by cardiac surgery involving atrial tissue, extensive prior radiofrequency ablation, advanced atrial disease, or the use of antiarrhythmic drugs…

Antibiotic dosing in renal impairment: quick reference

…day. Reassess the dose daily and follow creatinine. Underdosing in sepsis is more dangerous than exceeding the upper dose limit during the first 24 hours…

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