Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) has traditionally been categorised into acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) 1 . With a better understanding of Cardiology and therapeutic advancement, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)...
Evaluating Clinical Data in Renal Impaired Subgroup Former meta-analysis demonstrated that the use of NOACs, i.e. rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran and apixaban, was associated with reduced risk of stroke and systemic embolism (SE) and reduced risk ...
Pathological Bases for Coexistence of CKD and AF Dr. Wang explained that CKD and AF may frequently co-exist in a patient. The 2 disorders share many common risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), ischaemic heart disease, heart f...
The Complication of T2DM with AF Prolonged elevation in blood glucose level would result in various health complications including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and kidney diseases 4 . In particular, T2DM was found to be a strong and independent ri...
Far More than Glycaemic Control Diabetes mellitus (DM) is common, affecting approximately 10% of Hong Kong adult population 1 . Good control to prevent vascular complications from diabetes is one of the key issues to tackle in the long-term manageme...
