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Evidence-based Management of Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s): Karl Werdan , Martin Russ , Michael Buerke , et al Added: 3 years ago
Cardiogenic Shock, One of the Unresolved Problems in Cardiology Provided the patient with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reaches the hospital, he has a more than 90 % probability to survive.1 However, when cardiogenic shock develops, either initially or in the course of the infarction, only one in two patients is alive one year later.2,3 It really seems that all the progress in the treatment… View more

Standards & Guidelines

MI/ACS
Author(s): Patrick W Serruys , Scot Garg Added: 3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the predominant cause of heart disease and the leading cause of death worldwide. In recent decades revolutionary treatments have been developed and ushered in for its management. Following its introduction in 1968, coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery rapidly became established as the standard of care for treatment of CAD.1 In 1977, Andreas Gruntzig performed the… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Author(s): Ricardo Boix-Garibo , Mohammed Mohsin Uzzaman , Vinayak Bapat Added: 3 years ago
Aortic valve replacement via full sternotomy is the gold standard surgical therapy for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and insufficiency.1 This procedure has proved to be reliable, reproducible, relieves symptoms and improves prognosis of the patients. Degenerative AS is the most frequently acquired valve disease in the elderly population. In the current era, aortic valve surgery is the… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Intervention
Lead Protected Cap in the Cath Lab
Author(s): Yasar Sattar , Prasanna M Sengodan , Mustafa Sajjad Cheema , et al Added: 11 months ago

Standards & Guidelines

Intervention
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Complex Case of Pregnancy-related SCAD
Author(s): Jonathan A Mailey , Patrick Thompson , Paul W Johnston , et al Added: 1 year ago

MI/ACS

Intervention
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Deviations from Guidelines and Pragmatic Considerations for Patients and Healthcare Workers
Author(s): Henry Seligman , Sayan Sen , Sukhjinder Nijjer , et al Added: 3 years ago
International guidelines provide clinicians with evidence-based recommendations on how to manage patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Guidance includes the appropriateness and optimal timing for percutaneous interventions as well as the ideal length of hospital stay.1–5 However, the current global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has posed an unprecedented… View more

COVID-19
Author(s): Giancarlo Marenzi , Antonio L Bartorelli Added: 3 years ago
Primary angioplasty represents the best available strategy for treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).1 However, its application in patients with chronic kidney disease is particularly problematic and not well characterised. One of the main reasons for this is that such patients have typically been excluded from clinical trials evaluating the outcome of coronary… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

MI/ACS