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Left coronary angiogram showing PTCA balloon positioned at a lesion in the obtuse marginal (OM) branch of the left circumflex coronary (LCX) artery

Anterior and inferior wall infarct on 99mTc myocardial perfusion imaging.

S1Q3T3 pattern in ECG is seen in acute pulmonary embolism.

Mehran score is useful for prediction of risk of contrast induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Prevention of contrast nephropathy by BP cuff inflation: ischemic preconditioning with intermittent inflation

Twenty year survival in Ebstein's anomaly after surgery was 65 percent compared to 74 percent in age and sex matched controls.

Those who respond very well to CRT are called super-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy and are in the upper quartile of LVEF improvement.

More than 75 % of patients returned to baseline platelet reactivity in 7 days after discontinuation of prasugrel, similar effect for clopidogrel in 5 days

Drug eluting balloon with bare metal stent (BMS) implantation was found to be not superior to BMS alone in the DEB-AMI Trial.

If the slowing of heart rate is significant enough to become dangerous, stopping of lithium and substituting it with another medication is advisable.