Category: General Cardiology

Habitual coffee consumption is associated with significant lowering of the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Pseudoaneurysm of left ventricle is a chronic ventricular rupture with the wall of the pseudoaneurysm composed of pericardium.

Right coronary artery is more likely to be involved in aortic dissection than left. Hence it is better to look for aortic dissection in all cases of IWMI.

The risk of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) and pulmonary embolism can be reduced by giving intermittent pneumatic compression of the calf muscles

Biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome

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