Category: Cardiology

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.

Recent advances in communication devices and electrocardiographic technology have enabled real time loop recorder with telemonitoring.

The presence of hypertension in AS makes it (left ventricle) a double loaded LV with valvular obstruction and vascular resistance presenting dual loads.

RE-LY trial: In patients with AF, dabigatran given at a dose of 110 mg was associated with stroke rates similar to warfarin, but with less major bleeding.

Tripling the dose was found to be useful in those with heterozygous mutation producing clopidogrel resistance, while it was not useful in homozygous cases.