Hello, I’m Frank, I’m a 79-year-old male with DM, CKD, and PAD. I am an ischemic cardiomyopathy patient with reduced LV function, and have an AICD. I’ve had a previous MI and CABGx2 years ago and now with failed grafts. ...
Interestingly, curcumin may be able to ameliorate psychological manifestations of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity as well. In a randomized controlled trial, a highly bioavailable form of curcumin was found to be as effective as the standard antidepressant medication fluoxetine (Prozac) ...
Aspirin should be administered to UA/NSTEMI patients as soon as possible after hospital presentation and continued indefinitely in patients not known to be intolerant of that medication. (Level of Evidence: A)(Figure 6, Figure 7; Box A) 2 Clopidogrel (loading dose followed by daily maintenance ...
The consultant may recommend changes in medication, suggest preoperative tests or procedures, or propose higher levels of care postoperatively. In general, preoperative tests are recommended only if the information obtained will result in a change in the surgical procedure performed, a change in ...
In the American Heart Association Guidelines, on the other hand, ICD implantation for primary prevention of SCD in patients with symptomatic systolic heart failure is a class 1A recommendation, with no differentiation between patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy [4]. This difference ...
However, a month after the medication began, blood urea nitrogen and cystatin C levels increased, whereas hemoglobin levels decreased, and proteinuria developed. Losartan was prescribed instead of enalapril, but it was also discontinued after 20 days when renal function worsened again. The Doppler ...