All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Echocardiogram in coronary artery disease with LV dysfunction and AR with still images and video recording.

Global ischemic contracture of the heart resulting in a firm myocardium and loss of intracavitary volume is termed stone heart syndrome. It was described in the early years

Starr Edwards mitral prosthetic valve was the earliest one to be used on a regular basis clinically.

Flurpiridaz, an F-18 based agent for positron emission tomography is all set to revolutionize myocardial perfusion imaging once again.

Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome associated with a hypersensitivity / anaphylactic phenomenon.

Robotic coronary angioplasty has been shown to high technical and clinical success as well as safety in initial studies with simple coronary lesions. Radiation to the operator is

Ventricular tachycardia can be treated with intravenous amiodarone or lignocaine. In case of hemodynamic compromise, electrical cardioversion with a direct current shock is needed.

Magnesium blocks the L-type calcium channels and suppresses early afterdepolarizations (EAD) to subthreshold amplitude and hence reduces the chance of torsade de pointes.

Isolated hypomagnesemia is rare and has been reported to cause global T wave inversion. Most of the arrhythmias associated with hypomagnesemia has hypokalemia as contributing factor. Suppression of

Vorapaxar is an orally active protease-activated-receptor-1 (PAR-1) antagonist capable of inhibiting thrombin induced platelet activation. A recent study showed the role of vorapaxar in reducing stent thrombosis, but