Category: General Cardiology

Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) occurs due to non-coaptation of mitral leaflets in the setting of left ventricular dilatation.

Radiation associated heart disease is noted in survivors of breast cancer and Hodgkin’s disease who had undergone radiotherapy with radiation to heart

Calmodulin gene mutation producing life threatening QT prolongation

Features suggesting cardioembolic etiology: Sudden onset to maximal neurological deficit, decreased level of consciousness at onset, Wernicke's aphasia

Ivabradine is a selective inhibitor of the Funny Current (I_f) or the pacemaker current in the sinoatrial (SA) node.

Marfan Syndrome is a well known risk factor in pregnancy for aortic complications like dissection of aorta.

Metabolic syndrome has been documented as a powerful and independent predictor of more rapid progression of aortic stenosis, more so in the young.

Twenty year survival in Ebstein's anomaly after surgery was 65 percent compared to 74 percent in age and sex matched controls.

More than 75 % of patients returned to baseline platelet reactivity in 7 days after discontinuation of prasugrel, similar effect for clopidogrel in 5 days

ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome – PLATO Trial ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome: Stefan K James,