Category: General Cardiology

NACCE - Net Adverse Clinical and Cerebral Events is a new metric being measured in all recent clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine. NACCE is a composite of  a

Cangrelor is a short acting P2Y12 inhibitor for intravenous use. It is a directly acting non thienopyridine P2Y12 receptor antagonist analogous to adenosine triphosphate molecule, having a molecular

Left atrial rhythm: It is left atrial rhythm because of inverted P waves in inferior leads along with upright P waves in V1 and inverted P waves in

The Friedewald equation is used to calculate VLDL-c (very low density lipoprotein cholesterol) and LDL-c (low density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels in a lipoprotein estimation test.

Indicators of a large left to right shunt are cardiac enlargement, presence of flow murmurs and third heart sound and a wide pulse pressure in case of patent

Central venous pressure monitoring is done in critical care units to assess the right sided filling pressure in guiding intravenous fluid therapy.

How does Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibition improve heart failure? Different ways by which SGLT2 inhibition can improve heart failure are [1]: Natriuresis Osmotic diuresis These in turn

Rytand’s murmur in heart block David A Rytand [1] described a diastolic murmur in elderly patients with varying degrees of heart block, which was later known as Rytand’s

Rytand’s Murmur – Cardiology MCQ Rytand’s Murmur is: a) Mid diastolic murmur heard in complete heart block b) Mid diastolic murmur heard in mitral stenosis c) Mid diastolic

Fentanyl reduces effectiveness of ticagrelor for PCI – PACIFY RCT Fentanyl is an opioid which is routinely used for periprocedural relief of during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Intravenous