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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: the therapeutic assessment

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This review delves into the current therapeutic strategies for CTEPH, including surgical pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), and targeted pharmacological treatments such as PDE5 inhibitors, endothelin receptor antagonists, sGC stimulators, and prostanoids.

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A Relatively Narrow Complex Tachycardia at a Rate of 180.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The supposition that beta blockade in the presence of cocaine intoxication would lead to unopposed alpha constriction is not based in accurate pharmacology, and the study that showed this effect with human intracoronary administration was done, as mentioned in the article, with propranolol, a nonselective beta blocker.

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Top Interventional Cardiology Conferences and Courses in 2024

Cardiology Update

Fellows 2024 offers hands-on training covering revascularization, angioplasty, stents, pharmacologic therapy, and intravascular imaging/physiology. Noncoronary topics like structural heart disease and vascular medicine are also addressed. Ample networking opportunities with faculty are provided.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

24 will focus on the following three current guideline updates: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines 2023 Atrial Fibrillation Guideline - Pharmacology II: Strokes vs. Bleeds, What Do the Guidelines Tell Us About Practical Management in A-fib? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24

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LncRNA MALAT1-targeting antisense oligonucleotide ameliorates the AngII-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration via Nrf2/GPX4 antioxidant pathway

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Nevertheless, the function and underlying mechanism of MALAT1 in restenosis induced by hypertensive angioplasty remain unclear. Nevertheless, the function and underlying mechanism of MALAT1 in restenosis induced by hypertensive angioplasty remain unclear. AngII increased the expression of MALAT1 in VSMCs.