Point of care cardiac troponin testing Point of care testing of cardiac biomarkers is being increasingly used in the emergency care setting to enhance the triaging of patients
Regadenoson for vasodilator myocardial stress – selective A2A receptor agonist Regadenoson for vasodilator myocardial stress: Regadenoson, adenosine and dipyridamole are the three vasodilators which can be used during
Frailty and cardiovascular outcome In an article in the Journal of American College of Cardiology, [1] Jonathan and colleagues addressed the issue of frailty in the elderly and
Advantages of AV synchrony (atrioventricular synchrony) Atrial systole which is appropriately timed with respect to ventricular diastole helps in keeping the mean atrial pressure low and facilitate venous
Can heparin be prothrombotic? Unfractionated heparin can theoretically make platelets more reactive to activation by other platelet function agonists such as adenosine diphosphate. Heparin can bind to Glycoprotein
High risk patient characteristics for potential stent thrombosis High risk patient characteristics for potential stent thrombosis while interrupting antiplatelet agents for surgery are: Recent acute coronary syndrome History
High risk patients for coronary stent thrombosis High risk patients for coronary stent thrombosis with respect to the stented region would be: Long stented segments Multiple stents Overlapping
Risk for stent thrombosis after early surgery Risk of cardiac death, myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis is increased 27 – fold in the week following non-cardiac surgery, compared
Factors contributing to the post surgical prothrombotic state, predisposing to coronary stent thrombosis: There is an increased release of cytokines and neuroendocrine inflammatory mediator release. Platelet adhesiveness is
Stent thrombosis in the setting of surgery Stent thrombosis is a serious complication, which is more likely with drug eluting stents (DES) than bare metal stents (BMS). This