All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

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.

Indicators of a large left to right shunt are cardiac enlargement, presence of flow murmurs and third heart sound and a wide pulse pressure in case of patent