ECG / Electrophysiology
Vernakalant for recent onset AF
| January 30, 2013
Vernakalant is a rapidly acting drug useful in the treatment of recent onset atrial fibrillation.
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General Cardiology
When to consider cardioembolic stroke?
| January 30, 2013
Features suggesting cardioembolic etiology: Sudden onset to maximal neurological deficit, decreased level of consciousness at onset, Wernicke's aphasia
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General Cardiology
Ivabradine
| January 19, 2013
Ivabradine is a selective inhibitor of the Funny Current (I<sub>f</sub>) or the pacemaker current in the sinoatrial (SA) node.
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging
Assessment of coronary microvascular obstruction by CMR
| October 26, 2012
Contrast enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is considered to be the gold standard for assessment of coronary microvascular obstruction
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Cardiology MCQ
ECG Quiz – Cardiology MCQ
| October 16, 2012
ECG Quiz: Cardiology MCQ
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Cardiology MCQ
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Cardiology MCQ
| October 14, 2012
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Cardiology MCQ
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Cardiology MCQ
ECG Quiz – Cardiology MCQ
| October 12, 2012
ECG Quiz : Cardiology MCQ
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Angiography and Interventions
Rotational Atherectomy
| September 18, 2012
In percutaneous transluminal coronary rotational atherectomy (PTCRA) a diamond coated burr rotating at high velocity pulverizes the atherosclerotic plaque
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Angiography and Interventions
Tight OM Lesion: Coronary angiogram in RAO caudal view
| September 16, 2012
Left coronary angiogram in RAO caudal view, showing a tight lesion in the obtuse marginal (OM) branch of the left circumflex (LCX) coronary artery.
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Echocardiogram Library
Right to left shunt across subaortic VSD – echocardiogram
| September 16, 2012
Color Doppler echocardiogram showing right to left shunt across a subaortic ventricular septal defect
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