Category: General Cardiology
General Cardiology
Holter monitoring is a 24 hour record of the electrical activity of the heart. Most Holters these days have either two or three ECG channels for recording.
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General Cardiology
Generally the blood pressure is slightly higher in the right upper limb than in the left upper limb and higher in the lower limbs than in the upper
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General Cardiology
Skipping of heart beats occasionally may not be much dangerous
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General Cardiology
Stopping of cholesterol lowering medications cause a rebound increase in blood cholesterol levels.
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General Cardiology
An implanted defibrillator can promptly detect and treat abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias) and prevent sudden death.
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General Cardiology
Medications belonging to the group of beta blockers (e.g. atenolol) and some calcium channel blockers (e.g. verapamil), can reduce resting heart rate
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General Cardiology
Compounds contained in coffee which can increase cholesterol belong to the group known as diterpenes which include cafestol and kahweol
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General Cardiology
Habitual coffee consumption is associated with significant lowering of the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus
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General Cardiology
Pseudoaneurysm of left ventricle is a chronic ventricular rupture with the wall of the pseudoaneurysm composed of pericardium.
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General Cardiology
Right coronary artery is more likely to be involved in aortic dissection than left. Hence it is better to look for aortic dissection in all cases of IWMI.
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