All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Lesion related factors predicting peri procedural myocardial injury: restenotic lesions, SVG disease, eccentric lesions, greater plaque / thrombus burden

Platelet reactivity can be measured in P2Y12 reaction units (PRU) and can be used to assess on-treatment platelet reactivity (OTR) after PCI.

Miniature pumps give more comfort and mobility for the patients than the usual biventricular ventricular assist devices with displacement pumps.

Reduced incidence of postoperative AF in the colchicine group was noted in COPPS Atrial Fibrillation Substudy.

High-sensitivity troponin concentrations were found to be related to several factors like severity of CAD, LV mass, LVEF and RWMA.

One third of the non responders to LV pacing responded to BV pacing and about one fifth of the BV pacing non responders responded to LV pacing.

Brutsaert’s hypothesis on Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: LV apex is the most trabeculated and thinnest portion of LV causing catecholamine damage most here.

Adiponectin and peripheral arterial disease: Total and high molecular weight adiponectin were lower in women who develop peripheral arterial disease.

Bone marrow stem cells can proliferate and differentiate into various types of cells. Bone marrow stem cells are a renewable source and easily accessible.

Trancatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a fast developing modality for management of AS, especially those unfit for surgical replacement.