Category: Cardiology

CRT implantation pearls: tips for CRT implantation and optimization.

Heart failure pearls

Methods for assessing LV function by echo: Teicholz method 2. Simpson's two plane and three plane methods 3. Speckle tracking 4. 3D method

GUSTO criteria for severity of bleeding complications: Severe or life-threatening bleeding, moderate bleeding, minor bleeding.

ECG showing LBBB with First Degree AV Block.

Cardiac sodium channel (SCN5A) is a voltage gated channel. It is activated during the rapid depolarization of the myocardial cells.

Calcium channels: L-type and T-type - both are voltage gated channels. L-type - myocardial contraction, T-type - impulse generation and conduction.

Heart type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) is a cytoplasmic protein involved in the uptake and buffering of free fatty acids in the myocardium.

Guiding PCI with fractional flow reserve (FFR)

A recent study by the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) Investigators compared carotid stenting with endarterectomy.