General Cardiology
In an earlier post on Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS), I had mentioned about ARCADIA trial (AtRial Cardiopathy and Antithrombotic Drugs In Prevention After Cryptogenic Stroke) which
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General Cardiology
What are the potential options for reducing cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines? Anthracyclines are an important group of medications useful in the treatment of solid tumours and hematological malignancies. An
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ECG / Electrophysiology
These are the basic requirements for re-entry in cardiac electrophysiology: The impulse should re-excite the same area again and again repeatedly The impulse should find the same area
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General Cardiology
Some experiments of rotational angiography were going on decades back. Sometimes it would even end up in ventricular fibrillation due to prolonged injection of contrast which deprives myocardium
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Echocardiography
Ultrasound techniques currently used in echocardiography uses frame rates from 30-150 frames/s. This limits its temporal resolution for very short lived events, especially in pediatric and congenital heart
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