All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

How to go about normal values for echocardiographic measurements? Normal values for echocardiographic measurements will vary with age, body surface area and the population being evaluated. It is

Diabetic cardiomyopathy Presence of myocardial dysfunction in diabetic persons without overt clinical coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and other conventional cardiovascular risk factors like hypertension and dyslipidemia

Penetrating aortic ulcer is one of the three important acute aortic syndromes, the other two being acute aortic dissection and intramural hematoma.

Temporary pacing ECG What are the findings in this ECG and possible explanations? ECG shows a paced rhythm at around 60 per minute, with pacing spikes preceding each

Pacemaker sensing failure Pacemaker sensing failure Click here for a larger image What are the findings in this ECG and possible explanations? ECG shows PR interval prolongation, Q

Paced rhythm with very wide QRS Findings and possible etiology? Most of the beats show a large pacing spike just before the QRS complex, indicating a ventricular paced

Incognito Paced Rhythm! Click here for a larger image At one look it looks like left bundle branch block (blue arrows – lead I and aVL). But V5

Echo Quiz – Cardiology MCQ Type of ASD seen in this echo: a) Sinus venosus b) Secundum c) Primum d) None of these Correct answer: b) Secundum There is

Ross heart failure classification for infants and children All of us are familiar with the New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification. But it is not applicable to

What are RASopathies? RASopathies are a group of genetic syndromes caused by germline mutations in genes that encode components or regulators of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway