Category: General Cardiology

Acute aortic syndromes include aortic dissection, aortic intra mural hematoma and penetrating ulcer of the aorta

Rivaroxaban, apixaban, betrixaban, edoxaban, darexaban and letaxaban are Factor Xa inhibitors.

Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome associated with a hypersensitivity / anaphylactic phenomenon.

DAPT study has shown that extended (30 months) dual antiplatelet therapy after drug eluting stents can reduce myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis at a cost of higher bleeding

Many physicians used to give supplemental oxygen in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction to the emergency department. The AVOID study has questioned this conventional wisdom of using

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with single atrium as the hallmark cardiovascular defect, seen in 60% of the cases.

Phlebotomy is often resorted to in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease and symptoms of hyperviscosity syndrome due polycythemia.

ECG, Respiration and SpO2 tracings

Pulse oximetry is the measurement of oxygen saturation in arterial blood by using a non-invasive device, usually connected to one of the fingers.

Nebivolol and beta 3 mediated cardioprotection: Probable mechanism: eNOS activation resulting in the release of nitric oxide and vasodilation.