Category: General Cardiology

Cumulative stress due to repeated stressful events over time without de-stressing or healing can erode coping mechanisms and cause break down.

Professionals with type A personality have a higher risk for cardiac events.

The natriuretic peptides are the A type, B type, C type and the D type.

Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP) is a stable fragment of prohormone of atrial natriuretic peptide.

Rescue breaths are not as important as chest compressions in the initial few minutes of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.

Ischemic cascade is the temporal sequence of changes due to myocardial ischemia. Ischemic episodes are initiated by a supply - demand mismatch in myocardial oxygen delivery.

Anti-ischemic mechanism of ranolazine: prevention of Ca overload reduces diastolic myocardial stiffness and compression of intramyocardial blood vessels.

Natriuretic peptides : ANP and BNP are now well known while CNP and DNP are relatively newer molecules.

Emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) guidelines were first published in 1974. Now it is a combined effort of many associations, revised every 5 years.

Evaluation and management of chest pain: discussion of differential diagnosis and management of various types of angina pectoris.