Category: General Cardiology

Various pathophysiological mechanisms have been associated with myocardial infarction with non obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA). It could be secondary to disorders in the epicardial coronary arteries like rupture

Myocardial infarction with non obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) had a prevalence of 6% among myocardial infarctions noted in a recent systematic review. They are more likely to be

PRECISE-DAPT score PRECISE-DAPT score is a simple 5 item score using age, creatinine clearance, haemoglobin, white-blood-cell count, and previous spontaneous bleeding. It is used to predict out of

DAPT score – Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Score DAPT score was developed to dichotomize patients after percutaneous coronary intervention into those who will benefit from prolonged DAPT with score

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.