Category: Cardiology

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a device which can automatically detect and treat cardiac arrhythmias.

Most ventricular tachycardias (VT) can be approached for ablation endocardially.  But there are a few which needs an epicardial approach.

Noninvasive ventilatory support for heart failure: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)

Generally, supplemental oxygen therapy is useful in the presence of hypoxemia as noted by SaO₂ < 95 percent.

Contrast agents are complex organic compounds which are water soluble and have iodine atoms bound to a benzene ring.

2010 AHA CPR guidelines (AHA CPR guidelines will be revised every 5 years. Please check the current guidelines at AHA website) 2010 AHA CPR guidelines: American Heart Association

Infusion of omecamtiv mecarbil improves LV systolic function without progressive desensitization or increased myocardial oxygen consumption.

Calculation of shunt ratio is useful in deciding the operability of shunt lesions as well as their hemodynamic significance.

The physiological effects of arginine vasopressin are mediated through three receptor subtypes: V1A, V1B and V2.

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can be assessed by pulsed wave Doppler and colour Doppler (color flow mapping).