Category: General Cardiology

Medical management of stable angina: Aims of treatment in the management of stable angina are the prevention of myocardial infarction and death and to minimise or abolish symptoms.

Syndrome X, specifically cardiac syndrome X is angina with normal coronary angiograms.

Vasospastic / variant angina is characterized by pain at rest (occasionally at exertion) an associated with ST elevation in ECG during the pain.

Canadian cardiovascular society classification of angina severity

Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction can be considered in early presentations if percutaneous coronary intervention is not available or delayed.

Early stoppage of secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic fever in adults?

Rationale for secondary prophylaxis in rheumatic fever: The high recurrence rate of rheumatic fever and carditis with recurrent streptococcal infection is the basis for secondary prophylaxis of

Prevention of rheumatic fever can be divided into primordial, primary and secondary. Secondary prophylaxis with penicillin is the only practical one.

In the Europa study on perindopril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, 12218 patients with stable coronary artery disease participated.

Patients with a homozygous deletional form of ACE gene (dd) have increased circulating ACE level and hence are more likely to develop myocardial infarction