Category: General Cardiology

Biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome - cardiac troponins (gold standard for myocardial necrosis) and brain type natriuretic peptides (for heart failure)

Biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome: myoglobin an early but non specific marker, LDH and CPK-MB isoforms (seldom used outside research setting)

Biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome: macromolecules which can be measured by serial blood testing are the biomarkers of myocardial infarction.

Maternal factors increasing the risk of congenital heart disease

Low dose slow infusion of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) has been found to be useful in prosthetic valve thrombosis in pregnancy

Prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) better than fresh frozen plasma (FFP) for urgent warfarin reversal - says a recent article published in Circulation

Risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) increases if you skip your breakfast, so says a new study published in the Circulation

Delta CPK-MB and Delta Troponin have been endorsed for early diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the 2012 ACC/AHA recommendations for UA / NSTEMI

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