Cardiac arrest patients do better if taken immediately to a specialist heart center supriya kashyap kashyap6 April 2017 12:48 PM ISTPeople who suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital have a better chance of survival if they are taken immediately to a specialist heart centre...
Coronary artery disease in patients undergoing coronary angiography Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Aug 2017 9:00 AM ISTHistorically, from the 1930's to the 1950's, the rate of cardiovascular disease in high-income countries was high. Since the mid-1970's, the rate of...
Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) as per Guidelines Meghna Singhania11 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTMyocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a new entity recently trending in the field of interventional cardiology....
Primary Angioplasty of RC Arising From Left Sinus of Valsalva - Case by Dr Pankaj Manoria Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Feb 2018 2:10 PM ISTSometimes simple looking lesions for coronary angioplasty can turn up to be the worst nightmare. A 37-year-old man with hypertension presented with...
DK D Crush PCI Technique – Illustrated in a Case of True Bifurcation Lesion- Dr Babu Ezhumalai Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Feb 2018 3:08 PM ISTDouble Kiss Double Crush strategy is a PCI technique for true bifurcation lesions. It can be performed with 6F guide catheter. This technique may...
Coronary artery calcium PET/CT test a better predictor of MI than stress testing alone Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 March 2018 7:25 PM ISTDr.Viet Le cardiovascular researcher in the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute and colleagues conducted a study to measure the level of...
New troponin test linked to improved outcome after heart attack Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 Jun 2018 8:28 PM ISTA newer high-sensitivity troponin test is capable of discovering smaller amounts of troponins (heart-specific proteins) as compared to the older...
Single-phase CT angio as good as dual-source CT in diagnosing CAD Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 July 2018 7:05 PM ISTThe image quality (IQ) and diagnostic value of single-phase coronary CT angiography (SP-CCTA) for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, is...
Updated ESC/EACTS Guideline on myocardial revascularization Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Sept 2018 7:03 PM ISTThe European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), in collaboration with the European Association...
No advantage of early Angiography in NSTE-ACS patients: ESC 2018 Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 Sept 2018 7:28 PM ISTThe patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) do not have better outcomes when sent for invasive investigation within...
CT angiography as effective as invasive coronary angiography Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Jan 2019 7:28 PM ISTCoronary CT angiography, a less invasive and cost-saving technique, is non-inferior to the invasive coronary angiography in diagnostic value to...
Appropriate use criteria for multimodality imaging of nonvalvular heart disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Feb 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe American Heart Association (AHA), The American College of Cardiology (ACC), in association with eight other organizations have released...
