Category Archives: General

ROOBY Trial conducted by Hattler B et al [Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Is Associated With Worse Arterial and Saphenous Vein Graft Patency and Less Effective Revascularization. Results [..]

Idris AH and associates [Relationship Between Chest Compression Rates and Outcomes From Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 2012; 125: 3004-3012] have found that chest compression rates during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) [..]

A recent study by Bonamy AE and associates [Birth Characteristics and Subsequent Risks of Maternal Cardiovascular Disease - Effects of Gestational Age and Fetal Growth. Circulation. 2011; 124: [..]

X-ray chest in atrial septal defect X-ray chest PA view in atrial septal defect with pulmonary hypertension (Click on the image for an enlarged view) The main pulmonary [..]

Early repair of type A aortic dissection complicated by coma has bee reported to improve neurological outcome [Tsukube T et al. Neurological Outcomes After Immediate Aortic Repair for [..]

Genetic factors responsible for variability in clinical response to clopidogrel include polymorphisms of CYP (Cytochrome P), GPIa (Glycoprotein Ia), P2Y12 and GPIIIa (Glycoprotein IIIa). Clinical factors which contribute to [..]

Surgical procedures for atrial fibrillation are called Cox maze procedure in recognition of the pioneering work done by Cox and his colleagues [Cox JL et al. The development [..]

Ross procedure or living pulmonary auto graft is an alternative for young an middle aged individuals requiring aortic valve replacement in view of the faster degeneration of bioprostheses [..]

Devices for monitoring ambulatory blood pressure are becoming more popular, with more and more hospital acquiring these devices. It can monitor blood pressure at varying preset intervals as [..]

Arterial grafts used for coronary revascularisation is better than venous grafts. But radial artery is a free graft while internal mammary artery is taken as a live graft [..]