Category: Cardiology

ALPHEE study concluded that celivarone was not effective for the prevention of ICD intervention or sudden death.

Reel syndrome: pulse generator rotates on its transverse axis and lead coils around the generator, retracting from the heart, causing loss of capture.

Transcoronary ethanol ablation for VT is used when endocardial / epicardial RF ablation has failed and for deep intra myocardial foci.

Tips on endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and types of endoleak after EVAR.

Ten year survival of aortoarteritis (Takayasu’s arteritis) was eighty four percent with sixty four percent was event free survival.

NACE = net adverse clinical event(s) = MACE + major bleeding unrelated to CABG

Medina classification assigns a binary value (1,0) to the three components of a coronary bifurcation depending on whether have > (1) or < (0) 50% lesion.

ATP and ADP bind to platelet P2 receptors. The platelet receptors for ADP are P2Y1 and P2Y12 while those from ATP is P2X1.

S5 lead is used for enhancing atrial activity.

Coronary bifurcations with an angle of less than 70 degrees are known as Y-shaped bifurcation and those with more than 70 degrees T-shaped bifurcation.