Author: Johnson Francis

Liquid ventilation is a concept of ventilating the lung with an oxygen rich liquid like perfluorocarbon than with air

Bleeding risk of oral anticoagulants in the very elderly Bleeding risk of oral anticoagulants in the very elderly: Oral anticoagulants are indicated for prevention of thromboembolism in atrial

Risk ratio of delayed neointimal coverage was 9 for nonapposed side branch struts and 9.1 for incomplete stent apposition, compared to well apposed stent struts.

ILLUMINATE trial analysis: there was significant improvement in glycemic control after torcetrapib treatment.

Right atrial infarction is more common than left atrial infarction, possibly because of the higher oxygen concentration in the left atrial blood.

Lewis lead is useful for recognition of P wave during wide QRS tachycardia when the P waves are usually obscured by the QRS complex or T wave.

Clinical signs of pulmonary hypertension are remarkable in Eisenmenger syndrome: left parasternal right ventricular heave, palpable second heart sound.

Congenital cyanotic heart diseases can be classified into those with decreased pulmonary blood flow and those with increased pulmonary blood flow.

Positron emission tomography (PET) can measure both the myocardial perfusion and metabolism.

Magnetic resonance angiography (MR angio) is a non invasive technique which enables excellent visualization of the peripheral arteries.