Category: General Cardiology

Rivaroxaban is direct, specific, competitive factor Xa inhibitor and it has a half life of five to thirteen hours.

In patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and LDL levels below 70 mg/dl, there was no added benefit by giving niacin along simvastatin.

Vorapaxar to standard therapy did not reduce the primary composite end point, but increased risk of major bleeding including intracranial hemorrhage.

Dabigatran: Class I recommendation (level of evidence B) as an alternative to warfarin for the prevention of stroke and systemic thromboembolism in AF

Controversies in assessing and managing CVD risk in patients with diabetes

non HDL cholesterol is the marker of better choice at present as it has established cut off points with safe and achievable goals.

Platypnea-orthodeoxia is characterized by dyspnoea and systemic oxygen desaturation on assuming the sitting or standing position.

Components of mitral valve apparatus: mitral annulus, mitral leaflets, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles and adjoining portions of the LV and LA.

Universal definition of myocardial infarction has been under the joint auspices of the ESC, ACCF, AHA and World Heart Federation.

Cardiorenal syndrome has been classified into types I, II, III, IV and V.