All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

DAPT score – Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Score DAPT score was developed to dichotomize patients after percutaneous coronary intervention into those who will benefit from prolonged DAPT with score

Since defibrillation involves the delivery of a high voltage shock, multiple high voltage shocks can cause some damage to the heart muscle.

The funny current or pacemaker current is predominantly a feature of the sinoatrial node.

NACCE - Net Adverse Clinical and Cerebral Events is a new metric being measured in all recent clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine. NACCE is a composite of  a

Cangrelor is a short acting P2Y12 inhibitor for intravenous use. It is a directly acting non thienopyridine P2Y12 receptor antagonist analogous to adenosine triphosphate molecule, having a molecular

Cardiac CT - Left coronary artery: Cardiac CT scan at the level of the aortic sinuses, showing the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and its two branches. LAD:

Left atrial rhythm: It is left atrial rhythm because of inverted P waves in inferior leads along with upright P waves in V1 and inverted P waves in

Indices of left atrial remodeling: Some of the important indices of left atrial remodeling are 1) Minimum left atrial volume 2) Left atrial emptying fraction 3) Left atrial peak

Cardiomegaly in Eisenmenger syndrome (on X-ray chest PA view) is seen in: VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect) Eisenmenger ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Eisenmenger PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) Eisenmenger VSD

The Friedewald equation is used to calculate VLDL-c (very low density lipoprotein cholesterol) and LDL-c (low density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels in a lipoprotein estimation test.