…A short course (no more than 7 days) may be given to selected patients with an eGFR of 30 40 mL/min for lower urinary…

…discussed previously in this article. Briefly, accelerated ventricular rhythm (also called idioventricular rhythm) is a benign ventricular rhythm with a heart rate of 60–10

…particularly for pacing dependent patients, patients with CRT, and ICD recipients undergoing procedures likely to generate EMI. Assess pacing dependence Determining pacing dependence is central…

…study of patients with acute coronary syndrome. Thus, an individual plaque’s morphology does not reliably establish that it will cause an acute event. A…

…Patients with mutations in TGFBR1, TGFBR2 or Loes Dietz syndrome, who have low BSA or severe extra aortic features 45 mm • Patients who are undergoing…

…a reduced requirement for antihypertensives, should prompt clinical suspicion [1]. Cardiac Signs and Symptoms Patients often present with symptoms of predominant right heart failure, including…

…Score is a clinical tool designed to estimate the risk of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing anticoagulation therapy, particularly with warfarin…

…and a history of pathological intracranial findings. Patients with ACS undergoing PCI treated with prasugrel and ASA exhibited a higher risk of major and minor…

…of life. Women with suspected angina are more likely than men to have non anginal symptoms such as dyspnoea and fatigue, as well as a…

…compared the predictive performance of HEMORR₂HAGES with other bleeding risk assessment tools, notably ATRIA and HAS BLED: HAS BLED Score: In a study evaluating bleeding…

…managed with PCI or without revascularization, although the exact antithrombotic strategy may differ when long term OAC is also indicated. Possible shortening of DAPT A…

…including calcium. The quality of the distal target vessel. The configuration and adequacy of collateral channels. Additional features associated with greater difficulty include a previously…

…and a greater likelihood of repeat PCI. Multivessel disease in ACS is associated with an adverse prognosis. In STEMI, approximately half of patients undergoing primary…

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

…with similar clinical settings and frequently coexist in the same patient population. AF can act as a trigger for atrial flutter, and the development of…

…renal vasculature or collecting system. With iodinated contrast, the observed renal dysfunction may therefore reflect a combination of: direct tubular toxicity; renal haemodynamic disturbance and…

…produce major short and long term adverse consequences, including a substantially increased risk of periprocedural MI and death. Troponin elevation and myocardial injury Cardiac troponin…