Category: Cardiology

Benefits of rhythm control in AF may include improved cardiac function, better QoL, prevention of thromboembolism and possible increase in life expectancy.

Cor pulmonale is heart disease secondary to lung disease which causes pulmonary hypertension. It is associated with RVH, leading to right heart failure.

Sitaxentan, ambrisentan and atrasentan are selective endothelin A receptor antagonists. Bosentan and Tezosentan are non selective endothelin inhibitors.

Cardiovascular risks of obesity: Premature atherosclerosis, risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure, decreased survival, due to cardiovascular deaths.

Sydenham’s chorea is one of the major manifestations of rheumatic fever. It is a quasi purposive, non repetitive involuntary movement.

There is very little evidence for the role of aspirin for primary prevention except in females above the age of sixty five years.

A novel wireless implantable loop recorder which automatically transfers ECG data to a central monitoring station within a short time of the arrhythmic event

CURRENT OASIS 7 trial found that double dose clopidogrel was associated with significant reduction in stent thrombosis in those who underwent PCI.

LAHB manifests as rS complexes in inferior leads causing left axis deviation in the absence of other causes of left axis deviation.

Basic principles of intracardiac electrograms, how they are recorded and interpreted.