Category: Cardiology

Double internal mammary grafts are superior to LIMA plus radial artery grafts. Radial artery has lower capacity to release nitric oxide.

Comprehensive article on Tetralogy of Fallot with chest X-ray, angiograms, echocardiogram stills and videos.

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a vasodilatory peptide with potent hypotensive effects and levels of adrenomedullin are increased in chronic heart failure.

Deformation of the myocardium on application of a physical stress is termed myocardial strain.

Reversibility of constrictive pericarditis indicated by pericardial late gadolinium enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging.

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.