Category: General Cardiology

High sensitivity troponin assay: can detect smaller levels of troponins in the circulation much earlier than conventional assays.

Reaven syndrome: hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol levels, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity - metabolic syndrome X.

Music and the heart: s-cortisol levels were lower in post cardiac surgery patients who listened to music, indicating lower stress levels.

G6PD deficiency and the cardiovascular system: G6PD deficiency may cause vulnerability to oxidative damage and cardiac failure.

Tuberculous pericarditis is increasing in incidence in certain regions as a result of human immunodeficiency virus epidemic.

Rheumatic mitral regurgitation: Mitral valve is the commonest valve involved in rheumatic heart disease.

Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a cyanotic congenital heart disease in which pulmonary artery and aorta arises from the right ventricle.

Congenital heart disease is an important cause of death in Down syndrome in early childhood.

Jones criteria for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever was first published in 1944

Holt-Oram syndrome was described by Mary Holt and Samuel Oram as 'Familial heart disease with skeletal malformations'.