Category: General Cardiology

Omecamtiv mecarbil is a cardiac myosin activator being evaluated in the treatment of heart failure.

Ambulatory BP monitoring and home monitoring are two methods which have been developed to assess the ‘true’ blood pressure in an ideal setting.

Newer antithrombotics in atrial fibrillation: DTI -dabigatran, direct factor Xa inhibitors - rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban; vitamin K analogue tecarfarin.

Study found that degeneration of bioprosthetic valves is faster in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Flash pulmonary edema in renal artery stenosis has been called Pickering Syndrome

Allopurinol infusion acutely improves the concentrations of ATP in the myocardium of the failing human heart.

Platelet reactivity can be measured in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) and can be used to assess on-treatment platelet reactivity (OTR) after PCI.

High-sensitivity troponin concentrations were found to be related to several factors like severity of CAD, LV mass, LVEF and RWMA.

Brutsaert’s hypothesis on Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: LV apex is the most trabeculated and thinnest portion of LV causing catecholamine damage most here.

Adiponectin and peripheral arterial disease: Total and high molecular weight adiponectin were lower in women who develop peripheral arterial disease.