Category: Cardiology

Early stent thrombosis was calculated at thirty days, late stent thrombosis at one year and very late stent thrombosis at five years (0.26% per year).

TAP Stenting is an intentional protrusion of side branch stent within the main branch, thereby ensuring full side branch ostial coverage.

Olsen and colleagues from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark report an association of congenital heart disease with developmental and psychiatric disorders

The original description of Lutembacher syndrome was as a combination of atrial septal defect with mitral stenosis

Lower risk of death or myocardial infarction with everolimus eluting stents, compared to paclitaxel eluting stents, directly related to stent thrombosis.

Occurrence of atrial tachycardia after ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation may be considered as a step in the right direction – towards sinus rhythm

Cenderitide is a novel dual GC-A and GC-B agonist.

Regular RR interval in atrial fibrillation can occur if there is associated complete AV block, ventricular tachycardia or AV junctional tachycardia

Isolated reversible perfusion defects can occur in the inter ventricular septum with nuclear cardiology imaging in left bundle branch block (LBBB).

Coronary care units were dedicated intensive care areas where continuous ECG monitoring alerted the nursing staff of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.