Author: Johnson Francis

Tips on carotid stenting

Tips on coronary dissections

Reverse Lutembacher syndrome is the term used to describe right to left interatrial shunt in the presence of severe tricuspid stenosis.

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are clinically silent unless they produce symptoms due to compression of adjacent structures or rupture.

Patent foramen ovale is a valvular opening in the region of fossa ovalis of interatrial septum, remains closed due to higher pressure on left atrial side.

Though life threatening cardiac arrhythmias are the most important adverse effects seen with digitoxicity, the most common ones are anorexia and nausea.

Loeffler endocarditis was described by Wilhelm Loffler in 1936

Coronary aneurysms can be defined as localized dilatation of the coronary artery of more than 1.5 times compared to the adjacent coronary segment.

Coronary aneurysm associated can be associated with drug eluting stents (DES) as a long term sequelae of positive remodeling of the vessel wall.

Newer anti anginal drugs: ranolazine inhibits late sodium current, trimetazidine inhibits beta oxidation of fatty acids, nicorandil dilates coronary resistance vessels.