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Novel scoring system based on clinical examination for prediction of in-hospital mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients: a retrospective cohort study

Open Heart

Results Multivariate regression analysis of 1359 patients showed that older age, history of cerebrovascular disease, tachycardia, high Shock Index and Killip class III and IV were independent mortality predictors and included in the PADMA Score.

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Head Up Tilt Test (HUTT)

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Sometimes, head up tilt test, also known in short as HUTT, is also done for the evaluation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, a condition in which there is tachycardia on standing up, without a fall in blood pressure. Transcript of the video: Head up tilt test, is usually done for the evaluation of recurrent syncope.

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Cost of Cardiovascular Disease Event and Cardiovascular Disease Treatment–Related Complication Hospitalizations in the United States

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Annual costs to the US health care system were estimated by multiplying the mean annual number of events by the mean total cost per discharge.RESULTS:The annual mean number of hospital discharges among CVD events was the highest for heart failure (1 087 000 per year) and cerebrovascular disease (800 600 per year).

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

If the patient has Abnormal Vital Signs (fever, hypotension, tachycardia, or tachypnea, or hypoxemia), then these are the primary issue to address, as there is ongoing pathology which must be identified. Negative predictors included dementia, pacemaker, coronary revascularization, and cerebrovascular disease. 16) Linzer M.