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Congestive Heart Failure Symptoms, Stages, & Classification - The ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Congestive heart failure is a potentially life-threatening condition that impacts millions of people. However, patients with congestive heart failure may be asymptomatic until functional remodeling of the heart occurs. 1 In addition, heart failure is often overlooked or misdiagnosed, particularly in older adults. 2 To help health care providers increase patient awareness, this article covers ...
PCI vs CABG - The Cardiology Advisor
Dec 5, 2022 · Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are two options for the treatment and management of coronary artery disease. Advancements in imaging techniques, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography, have improved the detection of patients’ needs for PCI vs CABG interventions.
Beta Blockers - The Cardiology Advisor
Primary Beta Blockers Indications Beta Blockers for Angina Angina: Presentation and Diagnosis. Patients with angina present with retrosternal chest pain, sensation of pressure, tightness or discomfort in chest, and pain in the shoulders, arms, neck, back, upper abdomen, or jaw. 11 Symptoms of angina may include dyspnea, nausea, and …
Heart Failure Medications: A Physician’s Guide for Optimization
Feb 13, 2024 · Recent advances in pharmacotherapy for heart failure have reduced hospitalization and mortality rates in patients with heart failure. 1 According to the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) should receive guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) consisting of an angiotensin receptor-neurolysin ...
Drugs for Atrial Arrhythmia - The Cardiology Advisor
Aug 16, 2024 · Condition: Purpose: Treatment: Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Flutter Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: Stroke prevention: reduces risk of forming blood clots Anticoagulants: warfarin, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban Heart rate control: lowers the heart rate by inhibiting the effects of stress hormones on your heart and blood vessels Beta …
Cardiology Round-up: Landmark Cardiology Trials From 2023
Feb 9, 2024 · After completing the trial, the 3-year composite of all-cause death, MI, stroke, or any coronary revascularization was 8.1% in the target-to-treat strategy group compared with 8.7% in the high-intensity statin therapy group, meeting the prespecified noninferiority margin of 3.0 percentage points.
AHA/ACC Release Updated Guidelines for Chronic Coronary Disease
Aug 11, 2023 · The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC), as well as several other associations, have issued an updated guideline for managing patients with chronic coronary disease (CCD), as jointly published in Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.. The 2023 AHA/ACC/American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)/American Society for Preventive ...
Intraventricular Conduction Delay and Mortality in Acute Coronary ...
May 11, 2023 · Patients in all IVCD groups had a significantly higher risk of cardiac death vs patients with no IVCD (NIVCD subdistribution hazard estimate [SDH], 2.68; 95% CI, 2.19-3.27; LBBB SDH, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.31-2.03; P <.0001; RBBB SDH, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.15-1.64; P <.0001). NIVCD and RBBB remained notable risk factors for cardiac death after adjusting for LVEF (hazard ratio [HR], 1.96; 95% CI, 1.59-2.43 ...
NLA Publishes Guidelines on Use of CAC for Preventive and …
Mar 19, 2021 · The National Lipid Association (NLA) published recommendations in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology regarding the use of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring for the purposes of preventive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk stratification and reduction, noting that CAC scoring is a safe, rapid, widely available test …