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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

21-23 hsCRP is nonspecific inflammatory marker and an acute phase reactant that predicts the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease and sudden cardiac death among healthy individuals with no history of CV disease, and recurrent events and death in patients with known ASCVD.22 12 Colchicine, 0.5

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Why many Ischemic VTs are not abolished by revascularization ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

Relationship between Ischemia and arrhythmia While the relationship between Ischemia and VT is really complex, the term “Ischemic VT” itself adds more twists. Even here, it is the associated factors, like hypoxia or acidosis are the triggers which of course are resultant of Ischemia. Reference 1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.117.006120.

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Surgical outcomes in adolescents and adults with anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundAnomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) is associated with an increased risk of myocardial ischemia and sudden cardiac death. The incidence of postoperative cardiac-type symptoms (angina, syncope or dyspnea) was higher in ALCA-R patients compared to ARCA-L patients.

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