Cardiology

General Hospital Medicine   

Questions discussed in this category



For example, anticoagulation for recent, significant PE or dual antiplatelet therapy for recent MI, but requiring urgent procedures such as biopsy of ...

Does your approach change depending on whether and how long the patient has been anticoagulated?

How does your approach vary by indication (critical illness, acute renal failure, hyponatremia, diuresis, etc.)?

Particularly with prolonged hospitalizations, do you have any concerns about exposing patients to bleeding risks associated with "triple therapy" even...

Do you find them more helpful as predictors of perioperative risk or as a baseline to detect post-operative adverse cardiac events?

How do you consider prn antihypertensives while admitted and/or adjusting a home antihypertensive regimen?

If these patients were already prescribed non-selective beta blockers outpatient, do you recommend withholding these medications in the acute phase?&n...

What additional assessments and considerations would you suggest to comprehensively evaluate the underlying cause of the rhythm disturbance and ensure...


Papers discussed in this category


Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2025 Feb 27

Circulation research, 2020 Jun 18

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 Aug 29

JAMA, 2012-01-11

Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2015 Aug

Circulation, 2017 Oct 03

Heart rhythm, 2017 Oct 30

The New England journal of medicine, 2025 Aug 29

N Engl J Med, 2021 Aug 27

JACC. Heart failure, 2022 Mar

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Aug 25

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Nov 16

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2023 Apr 19

Journal of cardiac failure, 2021 Oct

JAMA, 1989 Feb 10

JACC. Heart failure, 2024 Aug 31

JAMA internal medicine, 2021 Mar 01

Circulation, 2021 Oct 04

Circulation, 2024 Sep 24

Circulation, 2023 Nov 30

JAMA, 2025 Oct 14

PloS one, 2021 Jun 24