Category Archives: General
TRITON-TIMI 38 trial comparing prasugrel with clopidogrel
TRITON-TIMI 38 trial [NEJM 357: 2001-2015, 2007] compared prasugrel with clopidogrel in around thirteen thousand six hundred patients with acute coronary syndrome [unstable angina, ST segment elevation myocardial [..]
Ulinastatin for reducing coronary lesions in Kawasaki disease
Higher plasma levels of neutrophil elastase and markedly activated neutrophils have been associated with poor response to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease. Ulinastatin, [..]
EuroSCORE (European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation)
European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) has been developed to assess the risk of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. There is a simple additive scoring system and [..]
Beating heart transplantation – Heart in the box technology
Beating heart transplantation or ‘Heart in the box” is a new technology being perfected by UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Health System which keeps the donor heart [..]
Framingham risk score for coronary artery disease
Framingham risk score is widely used score for prediction of coronary artery disease. This score incorporates various risk fators like age, gender, levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein [..]
Truncus arteriosus – long term post repair data
Selvan JP and colleagues have recently published the long term follow up data of patients operated early in life for persistent truncus arteriosus [Long-Term Follow-Up of Persistent Truncus [..]
Nodule of Arantius on aortic valve leaflets
Nodule of Arantius is the thickened nodule at the centre of the line of coaptation of aortic valve leaflets
Retrospective analysis of intravenous calcium in digitoxicity
Conventional wisdom says that intravenous calcium should be avoided in digitoxicity. A recent retrospective analysis assessed this aspect. Digoxin being a sodium-potassium ATPase inhibitor, digoxin overdose can be [..]
Skeletonized internal mammary artery harvesting and grafting
Internal mammary artery harvesting is associated with reduced sternal perfusion and higher deep sternal wound infections, especially with bilateral internal mammary artery grafts and in diabetics. Reduced sternal [..]
Coronary risk reduction after smoking cessation
The coronary risk comes down by fifty percent one year after smoking cessation. The risk for developing coronary artery disease approaches that of non smokers three to five [..]