Switching among equivalents in chronic cardiovascular therapies : 'real world' data from Italy [PDF]
Since August 2012, Italian general practitioners are required to prescribe the generic name of medicines, except for refill of chronic therapy. We evaluated the extent of switching among equivalents in chronic cardiovascular therapies, the influence of ...
Boriani, Giuseppe +9 more
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Despite all the achievements of modern medicine, heart failure remains one of the most prevalent, severe and prognostically unfavorable conditions that requires close attention of the medical community. The diversity of the clinical picture and the large
O. D. Ostroumova, I. V. Goloborodova
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Atrial fibrillation pharmacotherapy after hospital discharge between 1995 and 2004: a shift towards beta-blockers. [PDF]
Udgivelsesdato: 2008-AprAIMS: To study evolvement in pharmacotherapy of atrial fibrillation from 1995 to 2004. METHODS AND RESULTS: All Danish patients were discharged following first-time atrial fibrillation and their pharmacotherapy was identified by ...
Abildstrom, Steen Z +12 more
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Managing atrial fibrillation in the global community: The European perspective. [PDF]
Atrial fibrillation is a common, global problem, with great personal, economic and social burdens. As populations age it increases in prevalence and becomes another condition that requires careful chronic management to ensure its effects are minimised ...
Camm, AJ +3 more
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Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with foreseeably increasing prevalence. While large animal models of the disease are well established but resource intensive, transgenic AF mouse models are not yet ...
Frank T. Stümpel +6 more
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Testing of newly synthesized propafenone derivatives antiarrhythmic activity in aconitic model of cardiac arrhythmia in rats [PDF]
By applying of aconitic test in in vivo experiments in rats under deep anesthesia, there was investigated the antiarrhythmic potential of newly synthetized fluorinated derivatives of propafenone.
Ivković Branka +6 more
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Class III Antiarrhythmics and Periprocedural Torsades de Pointes
This case series describes 2 women on prolonged therapy with class III antiarrhythmics who developed torsades de pointes polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in the setting of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation as a result of QTc prolonging factors.
Cristina M. Font, MD +1 more
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Risk Stratification in Post-MI Patients Based on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Heart-Rate Turbulence [PDF]
Objectives: Development of risk stratification criteria for predicting mortality in post-infarction patients taking into account LVEF and heart-rate turbulence (HRT).
Barthel, Petra +6 more
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Evaluation of a pharmacist-led medication assessment used to identify prevalence of and associations with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among ambulatory senior adults with cancer. [PDF]
PURPOSE: The use of multiple and/or inappropriate medications in seniors is a significant public health problem, and cancer treatment escalates its prevalence and complexity.
Andrel-Sendecki, Jocelyn +4 more
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Atrial fibrillation (AF), being both a cause and a consequence of chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs with it significantly more often than in the general population.
Yu. А. Bunin, S. V. Miklishanskaya
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