Tetralogy of Fallot – Pre and Post Repair Echocardiogram Tetralogy of Fallot is the commonest cyanotic congenital heart disease in the adult. Large subaortic ventricular septal defect with
Cardiac embryology – Audio narration Cardiovascular system is the first system to develop in the embryo. Cardiac progenitor cells develop into cardiac myoblasts. This topic covers the looping
Z-score One often reads Z-score of various parameters in pediatric cardiology textbooks. Z-score of pulmonary arteries in tetralogy of Fallot is one example. This will decide whether a
Cardiac physiology – Audio narration Includes cardiac cycle, action potential and the conduction system of the heart in a sequence. Cardiac cycle describes all the phases of the
Important symptoms of heart disease Important symptoms of heart disease are chest pain, breathlessness, fatigue, syncope, near syncope, edema, hemoptysis (spitting of blood) and cyanosis (bluish discoloration of
Antiarrhythmics after ablation of AF (5A Study) Antiarrhythmic drugs after ablation of atrial fibrillation (5A Study) was published in Circulation in 2009 [1]. One hundred and ten patients after
SCD-HeFT 2005 The Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) trial was published in NEJM in 2005 [1]. SCD-HeFT randomized 2521 patients into three groups. They were in New
Vernakalant – class IIIa Vernakalant is a class IIIa antiarrhythmic agent as per the Modernized Classification of Cardiac Antiarrhythmic Drugs [1]. The class effect is voltage dependent K+
Adenosine – Class IIe Adenosine is a class IIe antiarrhythmic agent as per the Modernized Classification of Cardiac Antiarrhythmic Drugs [1]. Autonomic inhibitors and activators constitute new class
Ibutilide – class IIIa Ibutilide is a class IIIa antiarrhythmic agent as per the Modernized Classification of Cardiac Antiarrhythmic Drugs [1]. The class effect is voltage dependent K+