Author: Johnson Francis

Early repolarization syndrome thought to be benign for long time has been linked with ventricular fibrillation recently.

Contraindications for insertion of IABP: aortic regurgitation and aortic disease

Long systolic murmur with severe cyanosis in Tetralogy of Fallot can occur with absent pulmonary valve, restrictive VSD or AV canal defect (MR/TR murmur)

Venesection in cyanotic heart disease is done in symptomatic polycythemia with Hb > 20 gm% & hematocrit > 65 % and is replaced with equal amount of saline

Admixture lesions are cyanotic congenital heart diseases with near equal saturations in aorta and pulmonary artery.

TGA like physiology can be seen in D- TGA with VSD and no PS, DORV with VSD and no PS, tricuspid atresia with VSD and no PS etc.

Fallot like physiology – cyanotic heart disease with low pulmonary blood flow

Bilateral carotid artery stenosis can be tackled by careful stenting in a staged manner with low risk.

Smoking and heart attack is an important association. Smokers have up to 400% greater chance of getting heart disease.

Basically there are two types of treadmills for exercise at home. They mechanical ones and electrical driven treadmills.