Author: Johnson Francis

Locomotor brachii or locomotor brachialis is often described as a peripheral sign in severe aortic regurgitation or other causes of aortic runoff.

The mitral valve complex consists of the mitral annulus, mitral valve leaflets, the chordae tendineae and the papillary muscles. The mitral leaflets are the anterior and posterior leaflets.

Nitric Oxide Synthase: Three important varieties: nNOS, iNOS, eNOS

Echocardiogram in ostium primum atrial septal defect with a recap of embryological development of atrial septum.

Left Bundle Branch Block LBBB and STEMI Criteria: Start off with Cabrera’s sign and Chapman’s sign.

Couple of chest X-rays showing serial changes in pulmonary hypertension over the years and another with features of severe pulmonary hypertension.

Patent ductus arteriosus in Tetralogy of Fallot, seen as a mosaic colour jet in pulmonary artery. Colour flow imaging shows high velocity jet in the pulmonary artery arising

Cardiac Output, Cardiac Power Output and Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring

A study published in Nature Medicine evaluated the burden of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar sweetened beverages in 184 countries [1]. The study incorporated

Some of the important types of artefacts seen during echocardiography are attenuation artefacts, also known as acoustic shadowing, sidelobe artefacts, reverberation artefacts and multiple reflection artefacts. Attenuation artefacts