All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Reverse remodeling with CRT is associated with a significant risk reduction for life threatening ventricular arrhythmias.

Normal ECG with abnormal heart is not an unusual situation. Severe triple vessel coronary artery can exist with normal ECG.

Pulmonary vein potentials are rapid high frequency deflections of short duration.

Fontan circulation: Currently the term Fontan repair is used to univentricular repairs diverting systemic venous blood flow to the pulmonary artery.

Systemic AV valve replacement in cTGA Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a condition in which there is atrioventricular and ventriculo arterial discordance so that the

Myocardial injury following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) can occur due to various reasons.

Right ventricular function assessment is important in cardiac transplant recipients. RV dilatation / failure can occur in postop period due to elevated PVR.

Angiographically evident thrombus has been classified from grade 0 (no thrombus) to 5 (total occlusion).

Stiff left atrial syndrome is atrial diastolic dysfunction described initially long after MVR and recently after catheter ablation of AF.

Adenosine A1 receptor antagonist rolofylline was noted to enhance diuresis and produce improvement in renal function in those with heart failure in small scale studies.