Category: Cardiology

Air pollution has an important impact on the cardiovascular system. Some time back I had reviewed a study report which mentioned that fine particulate air pollution increases ventricular

We know that therapeutic dose of warfarin varies from individual to individual. That is why we need regular monitoring of prothrombin time with international normalized ratio (PT-INR). Though

Fabry’s disease is a lysosomal storage disease. Cardiovascular manifestations could be left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, heart failure and arrhythmias [1]. The genetic transmission has been called X-linked

Secondhand smoke, often called as passive smoking, is the exposure to tobacco smoke by inhaling smoke coming from nearby tobacco smokers. Secondhand smoke is an important cause of

Came across an interesting clinical arrhythmia score for assessing severity of intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) [1]. Four parameters were considered for scoring: Documented IART, Frequency of cardioversion in

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is due to somatic mutations which cause expansion of hematopoietic stem cells. This is in the absence of overt hematologic malignancy. CHIP

HeartMate 3 is a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal flow intrathoracic left ventricular assist device. It has wider blood flow pathways compared to its predecessor Heartmate II. It has

Colchicine is a well known drug used in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis, having use in familial Mediterranean fever and acute pericarditis. Two recent studies – COLCOT