Matters of the Heart

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Systems of Care for STEMI

Key points to remember about a policy statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) on systems of care for ST-segment–elevation myocardial inf ...

21 October 2021

Anticancer Drug-Induced Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias

A study was done to analyse the risks of drug-induced long QT, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death from use of anticancer drugs. ...

21 October 2021

Combined Varenicline With Nicotine Patch for Extended Smoking Cessation

A randomized clinical trial study was done to know if a combination of varenicline and nicotine patches effective in increasing smoking cessation effe ...

21 October 2021

CardioOncology Issue Focuses on Amyloidosis

Original research lending to the body of evidence surrounding the management and treatment of amyloidosis, as well as focused case challenges, state-o ...

21 October 2021

Prognostic value of comprehensive intracoronary physiology assessment early after heart transplantation

Long-term prognostic value of invasively assessing coronary physiology after heart transplantation was evaluated in a large multicentre registry. ...

20 October 2021

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A study of moderate versus mild hypothermia in the comatose survivors-CAPITAL CHILL

The CAPITAL-CHILL study found that moderate hypothermia is no better than mild hypothermia in terms of improving neurological or mortality outcomes in ...

20 July 2021

Ablation in Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome and Ebstein anomaly patients

The challenges presented in Wolff Parkinson White syndrome and Ebstein Anomaly patients can be overcome with improved acute success rates by using ele ...

20 July 2021

Non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging for preprocedural diagnosis of infrequent ventricular arrhythmia patients

The origin of ventricular arrhythmias can be detected by ECGI mapping using a view into ventricular onset to screen patients for catheter ablation. ...

20 July 2021

Precordial R-prime wave: Discriminator between cardiac sarcoidosis and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Cardiac sarcoidosis with right ventricular involvement can be distinguished from arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy by the presence of an ...

20 July 2021

Use of intra-aortic balloon pump following percutaneous coronary in less severe stages of cardiogenic shock

The findings of this study have successfully demonstrated that mortality can be reduced if an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is used in the less se ...

16 July 2021

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Cardiologists should promote influenza vaccination.

In the cardiology community, the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked interest because of the increased vulnerability of patients with underlying cardiac con ...

18 October 2021

Type II hypertension medications recalled by FDA.

A voluntary recall has been initiated by Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. of the below batches of Irbesartan tablets and combination of Irbesartan and Hydro ...

16 October 2021

In individuals with mild strokes and high-risk TIA attacks, DAPT reduces the risk of ischemic stroke

According to a study published in Stroke, DAPT reduced the incidence of ischemic stroke in patients with mild stroke and high-risk TIA regardless of p ...

15 October 2021

STEMI patients experienced more myocardial tissue damage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers published new data in the European Heart Journal showing substantial increases in infarct size, intramyocardial haemorrhage (IMH) and micr ...

14 October 2021

Drug-eluting stents enhance survival in patients undergoing LAD or left main artery revascularization

According to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, next-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) are associated with im ...

13 October 2021

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Spotlight

Featured Articles

This Week

Polymorphisms of the P-selectin gene and risk of myocardial infarction in men and women ...

This article determine whether a previously implicated polymorphism of the P-selectin gene was associated with myocardial infarction risk in men and w ...

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Risk Factors for Acute Rheumatic Fever: Literature Review and Protocol for a Case-Control Study in New Zealand

This article focus on comprehensive study of covering organism, host and environmental factors especially in New Zealand for Acute rheumatic fever and ...

Comorbidity of Neurally Mediated Syncope and Allergic Disease in Children

Neurally mediated syncope is the most common underlying disease of paediatric syncope. This study explore the clinical characteristics and pathogenesi ...

Myocardial and Systemic Inflammation in Acute Stress-Induced (takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy

This article describes about a multi-centre study regarding inflammation that hypothesized and is central to the pathophysiology and natural history o ...

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Review of Its Efficacy In Patients With Aortic Stenosis

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is one of the most preferred procedure for aortic valve replacement. It is also effective in inoperable ...

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Return to work after aortic valve replacement surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting

Patients with aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft are less likely to resume work after surgery. Measures to deal with pre- and p ...

Review - Transcatheter Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease

Transcatheter valve therapies prove to be a valuable therapeutic option for people suffering from Valvular Heart Disease. ...

Review of the Oculocardiac Reflex

The review aimed at generating evidence based data to assess the risk of oculocardiac reflex elicited during strabismus surgery and devise ways to avo ...

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Myocardial and Systemic Inflammation in Acute Stress-Induced (takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy

This article describes about a multi-centre study regarding inflammation that hypothesized and is central to the pathophysiology and natural history o ...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Primary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Similarities, Differences and Phenocopies

This article discusses on etiological diagnosis on Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Primary restrictive cardiomyopathy and pheno-copies which is a critica ...

ASC1 is a cell cycle regulator associated with severe and mild forms of myopathy

This article describes about the ASC-1 as a neuromuscular function link between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy, and associa ...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and peripartum cardiomyopathy: A nationwide cohort study

This study focus on association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and preeclampsia and gestational hypertension which are cardiac disorders. ...

Toll-Like Receptors: Are They Taking a Toll on the Heart in Viral Myocarditis?

This article describes the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of viral myocarditis, and scrutinises the role of Toll-Like Receptors in every phase and c ...

Isolated myocardial abscess cavity: An incidental finding on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

This article describes about an rare incidental case of myocardial abscess cavity within the anterior wall of the Left Ventricle in a patient via intr ...

Myoglobin for Detection of High-Risk Patients with Acute Myocarditis

This article describes about screening and detection of acute myocarditis using late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Thi ...

Exploring the Continuum of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—From DNA to Clinical Expression

This article discuss key aspects of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pathogenesis, related to molecular mechanisms and imaging aspects that have prompted g ...

Geographical variation in the clinical presentation of endomyocardial fibrosis in India

This article portrait the relation of two groups of endomyocardial fibrosis patients in the context of clinical presentation, clinical profile and sur ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy in the era of precision medicine: latest concepts and developments

This article focus on background of Dilated cardiomyopathy, specific indications for prevention of Sudden cardiac death, genotype-directed treatments ...

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Case Of The Week

This Week

STEMI and acute intracranial hemorrhage management with percutaneous balloon angioplasty...

A percutaneous coronary intervention with plain old balloon angioplasty was successfully performed on a patient with acute intracranial hemorrhage and ...

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A rare case of tricuspid bioprosthetic valve stenosis

A rare case of tricuspid bioprosthetic valve stenosis that could not be managed pharmacologically and needed surgical intervention for bioprosthesis r ...

Wide QRS complex tachycardia resulting from Gouaux-Ashman's phenomenon

Ashman phenomenon may be misdiagnosed as ventricular tachycardia. It is crucial for physicians to recognize the difference between the two to prevent ...