AI Medical Compendium Journal:
International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature

INTRODUCTION: Reduced-dose (Low-dose [LD]) apixaban is recommended in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who fulfill 2 of 3 criteria: age ≥ 80 years, body weight ≤ 60 kg, and a serum creatinine (sCr) ≥ 1.5 mg/dl. However, the suitable (appropriat...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained heart arrhythmia and significantly increases risk of stroke. Opportunistic AF testing in high-risk patients typically requires frequent electrocardiogram tests to capture the arrhythmia. Risk-pred...

BACKGROUND: Both Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) and reverse TTC (r-TTC) are characterized by reversible regional wall motion abnormalities of the heart unrelated to coronary artery pathology. It remains unclear whether and/or how r-TTC differs from T...