100 QUESTIONS IN CARDIOLOGY

95 How should the anticoagulation of a patient with a mechanical heart valve be managed for elective surgery? Matthew Streetly M ...

case must be considered individually. Warfarin should be restarted as soon as the patient is able to tolerate oral medication. P ...

96 What are the indications for surgical management of endocarditis? Marc R Moon The indications for surgical management of endo ...

4.Extravalvular extension Annular abscesses are more common with aortic (25-50%) than mitral (1-5%) infections; in either case, ...

97 What is the morbidity and mortality of endocarditis with modern day management (and how many relapse)? Peter Wilson Despite p ...

98 What percentage of blood cultures will be positive in endocarditis? Peter Wilson The great majority of patients with endocard ...

99 Which patients should receive antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis, and which procedures should be covered in this way? Pe ...

patients with prosthetic valves, or who have previously had endocarditis. Recommendations for prophylaxis vary between countries ...

100 Which patients should undergo preoperative non-invasive investigations or coronary angiography? Matthew Barnard Non-invasive ...

Step 6What is the functional capacity and magnitude of surgical risk? If there are intermediate clinical predictors, then order ...

101 Which factors predict cardiac risk from general surgery and what is the magnitude of the risks associated with each factor? ...

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abciximab 44 ACE inhibitors contraindication, malignant hypertension 15 patients with impaired ventricles 111111 – – 1133 second ...

atrial flutter, cardioversion, embolisation/anticoagulation and 114477 – – 88 atrial septal defects, treatment in adults 9977 – ...

myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock 68, 69 patients with unstable angina 4455 – – 77 risk of death 70 surviva ...

fish oil capsules, high dose 21 flecainide atrial fibrillation cardioversion 139 ICD patients 189 paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ...

coronary heart disease patients 1188 drug choice/monitoring 2200 – – 11 drug interactions 23 secondary prevention of acute myoca ...

pregnancy contraindications 119988 dilated cardiomyopathy 119944 – – 55 valve disease 119966 – – 77 Primary Angioplasty in Myoca ...