Category: General Cardiology

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,

Chest compression rates during cardiopulmonary resuscitation was found to affect return of spontaneous circulation, but not survival to hospital discharge.

Regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) on an echocardiogram Regional wall motion abnormality on an echocardiogram means that a region of the heart muscle is not contracting as it normally