Category: General Cardiology

The term aldosterone escape in primary hyperaldosteronism is escape from the salt and water retaining effects of aldosterone. In the treatment of heart failure with angiotensin converting enzyme

Myocardial hibernation is reversible left ventricular dysfunction which occurs in a chronically ischemic myocardium, which improves after revascularization.

Phasic ejection click is the click in pulmonary stenosis when the stiff valve opens, it varies with respiration and is better heard in expiration.

Diuretics lower blood pressure by lowering the intravascular volume and sodium content. Lower sodium content may also reduce the vascular tone.

Amiodarone and thyroid dysfunction: Hypothyroidism occurs in iodine sufficient areas and hyperthyroidism occurs in iodine deficient areas.

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