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Atrial Fibrillation in the Critically Ill Patient

…injury may contribute to vascular dementia, and thromboembolism may affect organs other than the brain. Patients with AF in the setting of ACS have more…

Acute Aortic Syndromes: Intramural Haematoma and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer

…60% of cases. These disruptions may initiate or complicate the haematoma. IMH most frequently involves the descending thoracic aorta, which is affected in approximately 60…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Diagnosis and Electrocardiographic Criteria

…contributes to the extension and severity of ischemic injury. In its most severe form, known as no reflow, structural and functional impairments sustain vascular obstruction…

Colchicine and Anti-inflammatory Therapy in Coronary Disease

…and because of cost. Evidence in acute coronary syndromes and recent myocardial infarction COLCOT The COLCOT trial enrolled 4745 patients within 30 days of myocardial…

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

…Historically viewed as a simple plumbing problem characterized by the gradual accumulation of inert cholesterol debris, modern vascular biology has redefined atherosclerosis as a dynamic…

Cardiovascular Prevention in the Very Elderly

…remodeling contributes to the high incidence and prevalence of coronary and vascular disease in older adults. Geriatric syndromes further modify cardiovascular risk and treatment response…

Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina: Provocation Testing and Treatment

…defined. Proposed contributors include hypercontractility or hypersensitivity of coronary vascular smooth muscle to vasoconstrictor stimuli, including adrenergic agonists, leukotrienes, and serotonin. In patients with CAD…

Approach to patients with chest pain: differential diagnoses, management & ECG

…coronary syndromes. Moreover, clinicians must clarify whether the ECG was recorded during chest pain, since an ECG without signs of ischemia during chest pain in…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…on the vascular territory involved and may include systemic arterial embolic manifestations. The source material does not provide a detailed catalogue of specific embolic syndromes…

Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Management

…in patients with CVD. The clinical consequences of diabetes may present through any major cardiovascular phenotype: CAD, including chronic coronary syndromes and acute coronary syndromes…

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