Clinical examination – CVS Part II Part II of this series covers inspection, palpation and percussion of the precordium. Sternal deformities, surgical scars, dilated veins and arteries and
Echocardiograms in a few congenital heart diseases In this series, we have echocardiograms of a few congenital heart diseases. The first one shows left ventricle to right atrium
Clinical examination CVS Part I Clinical examination should be focussed to the situation. A quick examination to assess vitals and a general survey is the rule in the
Tetralogy of Fallot – Pre and Post Repair Echocardiogram Tetralogy of Fallot is the commonest cyanotic congenital heart disease in the adult. Large subaortic ventricular septal defect with
Cardiac embryology – Audio narration Cardiovascular system is the first system to develop in the embryo. Cardiac progenitor cells develop into cardiac myoblasts. This topic covers the looping
Z-score One often reads Z-score of various parameters in pediatric cardiology textbooks. Z-score of pulmonary arteries in tetralogy of Fallot is one example. This will decide whether a
Cardiac physiology – Audio narration Includes cardiac cycle, action potential and the conduction system of the heart in a sequence. Cardiac cycle describes all the phases of the
Important symptoms of heart disease Important symptoms of heart disease are chest pain, breathlessness, fatigue, syncope, near syncope, edema, hemoptysis (spitting of blood) and cyanosis (bluish discoloration of
Antiarrhythmics after ablation of AF (5A Study) Antiarrhythmic drugs after ablation of atrial fibrillation (5A Study) was published in Circulation in 2009 [1]. One hundred and ten patients after
SCD-HeFT 2005 The Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) trial was published in NEJM in 2005 [1]. SCD-HeFT randomized 2521 patients into three groups. They were in New