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- Myxomatous mitral valve disease no antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures
- Prophylaxis before dental extraction in patient with bioprosthetic aortic valve is amoxicillin, 2g orally, taken 30 to 60 minutes
- 50% with popliteal artery aneurysm have concomitant AAA
- 5 Ps of acute limb ischemia are: pain, paralysis, paresthesia, pallor, pulse deficit and poikilothermia
- STEMI, nearest hospital with PCI facility located more than 120 minutes away - management IV tenecteplase, aspirin, clopidogrel, unfractionated heparin. Even after complete resolution of chest pain & ST elevation continue unfractionated heparin, aspirin, clopidogrel and transfer to nearest hospital with PCI capabilities
- There is shared genetic predisposition to some PPCM cases and other forms of dilated cardiomyopathy
- Pindolol has intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, propranolol has membrane-stabilising activity, labetalol has α-blockade activity, bisoprolol has β1-selectivity (bi=beta-1)
- Trastuzumab causes loss of myocardial contractility HFrEF
- Tenecteplase prolonged half-life allows administration as single bolus
- Plaque rupture is dominant initiating event in pathogenesis of ACS