Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Cardiology MCQ
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – Cardiology MCQ
Most common symptom in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is:
Dyspnea
Angina
Palpitation
Syncope
Post your answer as a comment below and click here for the discussion and correct answer (Source: Cardiophile MD)
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 7, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Some thoughts about Origin , Genesis and Mechanism of palpitation !
Not every one feels the palpitation during tachycardia / Bradycardia /VPDs , Why ?
Palpitation is awareness of one’s own heart beat. It is a complex perception of sensation at cortical level (like dyspnea) . It can occur during physical and mental exertion.However , if it occurs without any physiological reasons , it becomes abnormal. It can mean an abnormally heart in terms of heart rate , rhythm or raise in stroke volume. The first rule of palpitation is both tachycardia and bradycardia can cause it. Tachycardic palpitation is due to valve motion and braducardic palpitation is due to both motion and increased...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - February 24, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: cardinal symptom in cardiology Cardiology - Clinical Cardiology -Clinical signs Clinical cardiology Palpation mechansim of palpitation receptors for palpitation sensation of palpitation Source Type: blogs
Computer often fails to diagnose atrial fibrillation in ventricular paced rhythm, and that can be catastrophic
Conclusion: Incorrect computerized interpretation of atrial fibrillation, combined with the failure of the ordering physician to correct the erroneous interpretation, can result in the initiation of unnecessary, potentially harmful medical treatment as well as inappropriate use of medical resources. Greater efforts should be directed toward educating physicians about the electrocardiographic appearance of atrial dysrhythmias and in the recognition of confounding artifacts. (Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog)
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - February 21, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Echo quiz
Discussion
LVOT Obstruction
IVS (interventricular septum) is hypertrophied and bulges into the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), narrowing it. Gradient across the LVOT is increased to 26 mm Hg, as seen in the lower image with continuous wave (CW) Doppler. Overall features suggest hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
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Source: Cardiophile MD - February 10, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Echocardiogram Library Echocardiography Source Type: blogs
Stress cardiomyopathy in cancer patients
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - January 26, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular oncology Source Type: blogs
Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation
Invasive catheter ablation is now an established modality of treatment for a wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias ranging from paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias to life-threatening ventricular tachycardias. Now a new modality of stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation – a non invasive ablation using stereotactic body radiotherapy is being evaluated for drug refractory ventricular tachycardia which has failed catheter ablation [1].
ENCORE-VT trial (Electrophysiology-Guided Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation for Ventricular Tachycardia) was a prospective single center study involving 19 patients. Seventeen of them ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - January 16, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Status epilepticus and stress cardiomyopathy
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - January 14, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular critical care neurology Source Type: blogs
Grieving? Don ’t overlook potential side effects
Nothing quite prepares you for the heartache of profound loss. It settles in like a gloomy thrum — sometimes louder, sometimes softer — with a volume switch you can’t entirely shut off.
For me, that heartbreak arrived this past October, when my mother died after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, dementia, and disability. Now, for the first time in my life, I’m experiencing real grief. As a health reporter, I know this emotional experience comes with the risk for physical side effects. “Most of these side effects are the result of emotional distress responses,” explains Dr. Maureen Malin, a geriatric psy...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Behavioral Health Mental Health Stress Source Type: blogs
15 yo AAM with ST Elevation and T-wave Inversion. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or Normal ( " Variant " )?
Is this normal or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM)?The mother of a 15 yo African American male brought her son to the clinic for a sports physical. There was a family history of sudden death. The clinic recorded this ECG and was alarmed:Should the physician be alarmed by this?Answer: No.This is almost certainly a normal ECG in an African American adolescent male. There is some remote possibility of HOCM, but the morphology is classic for anormal variant. Even calling it a normal variant is an ethnocentric terminology, as if the white normal is the true normal. This is normal normal for an Af...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 2, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, December 31st 2018
In conclusion, there are many anti-aging strategies in development, some of which have shown considerable promise for slowing down aging or delaying the onset of age-related diseases. From multiple pre-clinical studies, it appears that upregulation of autophagy through autophagy enhancers, elimination of senescent cells using senolytics, transfusion of plasma from young blood, neurogenesis and BDNF enhancement through specific drugs are promising approaches to sustain normal health during aging and also to postpone age-related diseases. However, these approaches will require critical assessment in clinical trials to determ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 30, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
PVC induced cardiomyopathy
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - December 30, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs
Alternative Oxidase Gene from Sea Squirts is Used to Partially Bypass a Form of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Mice
Researchers recently demonstrated that they could rescue a form of mitochondrial dysfunction in mice by importing a gene from a sea squirt species. This is particularly interesting in the context of aging, as it appears to be possible to use this approach to work around any sort of damage to complexes III and IV in the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC). Every cell is equipped with a herd of mitochondria that act as generators, packaging the chemical energy store molecules used to power the cell. The ETC is central to this function.
The protein complexes that make up the ETC are made up of a mix of protein...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 26, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
The association between psoriasis and cardiomyopathy
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - December 22, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular dermatology Source Type: blogs
What Does Christmas Have To Do With Genomics?
Do you have the feeling that genomics is all around this year and you cannot escape DNAs, SNPs, chromosomes and double spirals wherever you look? Do you suspect that even Billy Mack is considering a change to “Genes are all around you” in everyone’s favorite holiday movie, Love Actually? Well, that won’t be a surprise as Christmas and genetics have more in common than you think – and scientists are even working on figuring out Santa’s genetic make-up.
Gene-edited Christmas trees and Santa’s DNA
If it’s all in our genes, the explanation for the Grinch hating the holidays or Santa’s incredible working capac...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 18, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Genomics Patients christmas Christmas tree december dinner DNA dna testing food future Gene genes genetics holiday holidays Innovation nutrigenomics pharmacogenomics Santa technology Source Type: blogs
Two cases of ST Elevation with Terminal T-wave Inversion - do either, neither, or both need reperfusion?
Written by Pendell Meyers with edits by Steve SmithI was sent these 2 ECGs with no clinical information other than chest pain:Do either or both of these ECGs show ischemic changes? If so, what should you do and why?Let ' s take them one at a time.What would your response be?I responded: " Awesome classic benign T wave inversion! That ' s the patient ' s baseline normal variant. ... But if it were a good story with exertional syncope or something you ' d have to treat it like it could be HOCM, etc. Tell me more. "There is sinus rhythm with very large voltage and associated repolarization abnormalities. In V3-V6 there are cl...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
