All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome – PLATO Trial ACS patients with prior TIA / Ischemic stroke have worse outcome: Stefan K James,

ROOBY Trial found that off pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was less effective than on pump CABG .

The capacity to increase the heart rate with exercise or other metabolic demands is known as chronotropic reserve.

Surgery for a stenosed valve could be either opening up the valve surgically or replacing the valve with an artificial one.

Regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) is usually noted on echocardiogram. It indicates abnormal motion of a region of the left ventricle.

Chest compression rates during cardiopulmonary resuscitation was found to affect return of spontaneous circulation, but not survival to hospital discharge.

A couple of premature beats originating from the ventricles, occurring in a sequence with no intervening normal beats is called a ventricular couplet.

High voltage can be generated in defibrillators by using voltage multipliers.

Arteries can be blocked by deposition of fatty material or a blood clot. Clots in blocked arteries can be removed by devices or medicines.

SAM is short for systolic anterior movement. It is peculiar movement of the mitral valve seen in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.