Category: General Cardiology

Crux of the heart: Junction of the atrioventricular and inter ventricular grooves behind the heart.

Coronary arteries are blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood to the heart. Two coronary arteries, right and left, arises from the root of aorta.

Delivery of preterm and small for gestational age babies have been linked to future maternal cardiovascular events.

Genetic factors responsible for clopidogrel resistance include polymorphisms of CYP (Cytochrome P), GP Ia (Glycoprotein Ia), P2Y12 and Glycoprotein IIIa.

Devices for monitoring ambulatory BP are becoming more popular, with more hospitals acquiring these devices and they can measure the average blood pressure.

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a vasodilatory peptide with potent hypotensive effects and levels of adrenomedullin are increased in chronic heart failure.

Olsen and colleagues from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark report an association of congenital heart disease with developmental and psychiatric disorders

Cenderitide is a novel dual GC-A and GC-B agonist.

Reynolds risk score includes traditional risk factors used in the Framingham risk score along with parental family history of premature CAD and hs-CRP.

Pack year for cigarette smoking as a risk factor is the number of packs smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has been a