Category: General Cardiology

Circulating endothelial cells proposed as new biomarker for irreversible pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease.

11 year old boy with CCHD detected at 2 days of age - possibilities: TOF like physiology, single atrium, TAPVC, Pulmonary AVF, Severe PS + ASD, R-L shunt.

Which vein has the highest oxygen saturation? Renal vein has the highest oxygen saturation.

Types of ventricular hypertrophy: Concentric, eccentric and asymmetric.

Ausculatation snippets

Bosentan decreased pulmonary vascular resistance and improved the cardiac index, but not the 6 minute walk distance.

Absent branch pulmonary artery in Tetralogy of Fallot occurs in ten percent of cases.

Why CETP inhibitor torcetrapib failed to slow atherosclerosis progression and increased mortality?

Lipoprotein (a) is a variant of LDL particle and has in addition to apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein (a). It is a strong independent risk factor for premature CAD.

Cardiac evaluation before non-cardiac surgery: Purpose of preoperative evaluation is not to give medical clearance, but an evaluation of patient’s current medical status to make perioperative recommendations on