Jaccoud's arthritis is a deforming arthritis of the small joints of the hand and feet secondary to rheumatic fever. Now the term Jaccoud's arthropathy is being used for
Sulodexide is a glycosaminoglycan with antithrombotic properties. The future role of sulodexide is possibly as an agent to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism in those at higher risk of
Conventionally it is considered that pleural effusion in heart failure is more common on right side. If bilateral, likely to be more severe on right side.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a serious disease with unfavourable outcome. Staph. aureus is the commonest organism in prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Biologics for Takayasu Arteritis A multicentric retrospective analysis of 49 patients with Takayasu arteritis refractory to steroids or disease modifying drugs (mostly methotrexate and azathioprine) treated with biologics
Use of mobile phone positioning system for initiating bystander CPR Use of mobile phone positioning system for initiating bystander CPR: It is well known that the earlier cardiopulmonary
Absent radial pulse in ICU setting What possibilities are to be considered when a radial pulse is absent in a patient in the ICU: Aberrant radial artery –
Evidence for decline in coronary mortality in the United States Decline in coronary mortality: Data published in the current issue of Circulation [1] shows that coronary heart disease
Novel oral anticoagulants – NOACs Novel oral anticoagulants – NOACs: Warfarin is the standard oral anticoagulant in use for a long time. But there are a quite a
Myocardial stunning Myocardial stunning is reversible myocardial dysfunction after ischemia and reperfusion. It is different from myocardial hibernation in which persistent chronic ischemia causes myocardial dysfunction which is
