Category: General Cardiology

In 1873 Kussmaul reported that in patients with constrictive pericarditis, the expected inspiratory collapse of neck veins was replaced by increased inspiratory distension.

TGA is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease at birth.

Special problems in cyanotic CHD with natural survival to adulthood: hemoptysis, cerebral abscess, endocarditis, AF/AFL or thromboembolic episodes.

Structure of the right ventricle is not meant to be a systemic pump. It is meant to be a low pressure generating pump for the pulmonary circulation.

Sequelae of congenital heart diseases in the adult: arrhythmias related to scars and myocardial dysfunction, valvular disease,  persistent shunts, pulmonary or systemic vascular disease etc.

Systemic AV valve replacement in cTGA Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a condition in which there is atrioventricular and ventriculo arterial discordance so that the

Adenosine A1 receptor antagonist rolofylline was noted to enhance diuresis and produce improvement in renal function in those with heart failure in small scale studies.

Giant coronary aneurysms can occur as a sequelae of Kawasaki disease.

Myocardial stunning is reversible left ventricular function which persists for some time after relief of myocardial ischemia in acute myocardial infarction.

Heart failure is a clinical syndrome due to abnormal left ventricular function characterized by systemic or pulmonary venous congestion.