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Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators for Surgery: Choice Still Up for Debate
For surgeons already split on their preference of inhaled pulmonary vasodilator to prevent postoperative right ventricular ...
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The Intra-aortic Balloon Pump in High-risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Early inflation Balloon inflates before aortic valve closes – the left ventricle is therefore forced to empty against an inflated balloon. There is an increase in afterload, potentially raising ...
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Thoracic B-Lines and Cardiac Function Predict Care Needs in Sepsis
The following is a summary of “Cardiopulmonary Ultrasound to Predict Care Escalation in Early Sepsis: A Pilot Study,” published in the January 2025 issue of Emergency Medicine by Kuttab et al.
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Inpatient versus outpatient diagnosis of heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction: a population cohort study
Background Early heart failure (HF) diagnosis is crucial to ensure that optimal guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is ...
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Birthright citizenship: Why the ‘right of soil’ is so big in the Americas
The vast majority of countries in the rest of the world either do not recognize the jus soli (Latin for ‘right of soil’) principle on which unrestricted birthright citizenship is based or ...
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Antitachycardia Pacing for Ventricular Tachycardia Using Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...
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Heart Failure
A normal, healthy ejection fraction is 55% to 65%. Right-sided heart failure involves the right ventricle (bottom right chamber of the heart). When the right ventricle doesn’t pump well, blood backs ...