Antiphospholipid Syndrome Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) important in vascular medicine as well as obstetrics. In obstetrics, it is important because it can cause fetal loss, intrauterine growth retardation and
Heart disease in pregnancy: Risk stratification It is needless to say that heart disease in pregnancy is a challenge for the obstetrician and the cardiologist. Hemodynamic changes in
Reperfusion pulmonary edema
Reperfusion pulmonary edema is high permeability pulmonary edema which is non cardiogenic and occurs after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. It can occur in about one tenth of patients
What are the sites of vegetations in VSD with endocarditis? Locations of vegetations in endocarditis depends on direction of the blood flow jet which causes jet lesions at
What is left parasternal heave? Left parasternal heave is a systolic elevation of left costal cartilages due to contraction of a hypertrophied right ventricle. In the early nineteen
Multi detector CT for differentiation of prosthetic valve thrombus from pannus Differentiation of prosthetic valve thrombus from pannus is often difficult by echocardiography. Both can cause abnormal masses
Hyperoxia after resuscitation may lead to poor neurological function Hyperoxia after resuscitation may lead to poor neurological function: An association with poor neurological outcome starting from PaO2 (partial
Bystander initiated automated external defibrillator shocks improve survival and functional outcome It is now well established that bystander initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) greatly increases the chances of survival
Obesity an important cause of high output heart failure: A retrospective analysis of patients with high output heart failure from the cathlab of Mayo Clinic showed that obesity was
Obesity paradox is that people with established cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease and peripheral arterial disease, have better prognosis if they are overweight or
