Category: General Cardiology

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

Silent myocardial ischemia is detected on electrocardiographic tracings without manifest chest pain.

If multiple unfavourable features are present, the outcome of resuscitation is likely to be poor.

Salient additional feature in the 2015 AHA revision of Jones criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic fever is the inclusion of echocardiography for diagnosis of subclinical carditis.

Heavy calcification of visceral part of aorta, extending into its lumen and causing malperfusion of limbs or viscera is known as 'coral reef aorta'

Diffuse calcification of ascending aorta which may extend down is known as “Porcelain aorta”. Calcified aorta has an egg shell like appearance.

The characteristic feature of D-dimer elevation in aortic dissection is that the levels are very high immediately after the dissection while in most other disorders associated with D-dimer