Category: Cardiology

Twenty year survival in Ebstein's anomaly after surgery was 65 percent compared to 74 percent in age and sex matched controls.

Those who respond very well to CRT are called super-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy and are in the upper quartile of LVEF improvement.

More than 75 % of patients returned to baseline platelet reactivity in 7 days after discontinuation of prasugrel, similar effect for clopidogrel in 5 days

Drug eluting balloon with bare metal stent (BMS) implantation was found to be not superior to BMS alone in the DEB-AMI Trial.

Absent P waves can occur in atrial stand still either as an idiopathic disorder or following extensive radiofrequency ablation in the right atrium.

Since idioventricular rhythm is not a stable rhythm, the heart rate has to be stabilized by pacemaker implantation if the rhythm is permanent.

The electrode connected to the right leg is usually taken as the indifferent electrode in ECG (electrocardiogram).

ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome – PLATO Trial ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome: Stefan K James,

ROOBY Trial found that off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was less effective than on pump CABG .

Chest compression rates during cardiopulmonary resuscitation was found to affect return of spontaneous circulation, but not survival to hospital discharge.