Claudication distance of less than 200 m will be stage — in Fontaine classification for peripheral arterial disease: a) Stage IIA b) Stage IIB c) Stage III d)
Wrong statement about prosthetic valve thrombosis: Correct answer (Wrong statement about prosthetic valve thrombosis): a) Risk of thrombosis is more at mitral position than tricuspid position Risk of
Treatment for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke: Correct answer: c) Surgery Surgery is the best option for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke as thrombolysis is contraindicated. Thrombolysis
Simultaneous LV and RV angios (left ventricular and right ventricular angiograms or ventriculograms) used to be done in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (asymmetric septal hypertrophy) before the advent of echocardiography to delineate the
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
How will you assess the success of repair of mitral valve repair per-operatively? The ideal method to assess the success of repair of mitral valve repair per-operatively is
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
Factors related to right heart failure after ASD surgery Age at the time of surgery: The more the age at the time of ASD surgery, the greater the chance of
Patient – prosthesis mismatch Patient – prosthesis mismatch is often noted in aortic position, that too after surgery for aortic stenosis. In aortic stenosis the aortic root is
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
