Do calcified carotid artery plaques predict cardiovascular outcomes in the elderly?
Calcified carotid plaques may predict mortality and cardiovascular outcomes independent of traditional CVD risk factors and may serve as an additional CVD risk assessment in the elderly.
Clonidine suppresses the generation of action potentials in tonic-firing spinal dorsal horn neurones. This may be explained, in part, by an interaction with voltage-gated Na(+) and K(+) currents. Clonidine could therefore contribute to analgesia during local anaesthesia.