Cardiology Online Test Series 2
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs

Cardiology Online Test Series 1
Cardiology MCQ Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 30 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 You are welcome to try this Cardiology MCQ set and share it among your friends. We strongly advise you to verify the answers with standard ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs

Why the left atrium does not enlarge in ASD even though the shunt traverses this chamber ?
ASD is  the most common acyanotic heart disease  with  left to right shunt . Highest qp/qs  are  seen  with ASDs The shunt  begins  from left  atrium  and goes on to complete a circuit. LA——-ASD———RA————RV———-PA———-PVs———LA In this circuit all chambers  enlarge except the LA . (Inspite of the fact about 200-300 % cardiac output traverses this chamber ) Why ? Take Our Poll Post -test The most popular answer in the above poll  is LA is  a transit chamber . If it is so . . .  RA is equally  a transit c...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - April 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: drsvenkatesan Tags: cardiology -congenital heart disease Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs) ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT ra rv mpa enlarged LA normal in ASD Source Type: blogs

Why the left atrium does not enlarge in ASD even though the shunt traverses this chamber ?
ASD is  the most common acyanotic heart disease  with  left to right shunt . Highest qp/qs  are  seen  with ASDs The shunt  begins  from left  atrium  and goes on to complete a circuit. LA——-ASD———RA————RV———-MPA———-LA In this circuit all chambers  enlarge except the LA . (Inspite of the fact about 200-300 % cardiac output traverses this chamber ) Why ? Take Our Poll (Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD)
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - April 30, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: drsvenkatesan Tags: cardiology -congenital heart disease Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs) ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT ra rv mpa enlarged LA normal in ASD Source Type: blogs

Anterior Wall MI
Anterior wall MI is a distressingly common occurrence in patients. Important clinical considerations are: ECG 1. Anterior septal MI – V1-V3 2. Anterior MI – V1-V4 3. Lateral Anterior MI – V4-V6 Coronary involvement left anterior descending Cardiac areas involved 1. anterior wall of left ventricle 2. anterior 2/3 of septum 3. bundle of His 4. anterior superior division of left bundle branch 5. right bundle branch 6. posterior inferior division of left bundle branch Clinical complications 1. bundle branch blocks 2. advanced heart blocks including Mobitz II and complete heart block 3. congestive heart failur...
Source: Inside Surgery - April 10, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Controversial PFO Closure Trials Published In NEJM
Two controversial trials testing PFO closure with the Amplatzer PFO Occluder (St. Jude Medical) in patients with cryptogenic stroke, first presented last fall at the TCT meeting, have now been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Both trials missed their primary endpoints but contained suggestions of possible benefit. The results appear unlikely to resolve the ongoing controversy over the value, or lack of value, of this procedure, but, as an accompanying editorial states, both advocates and critics of PFO closure will find source material for their arguments in these papers. … In the accompanying edit...
Source: CardioBrief - March 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Larry Husten Tags: Uncategorized Amplatzer PFO Occluder Atrial septal defect health stroke Transient ischemic attack Source Type: blogs

Paralyzing Pain Can Be Cured
Tumors, Tension, Sleep Are Only Three Headache Triggers Have you ever suffered from a headache? If yes, then you know how uncomfortable it could be.  Headaches can paralyze you for days, weeks and even months! Headaches can make your life miserable.  But despite the fact that more than 10 million Americans suffer from headaches, traditional medicine cannot really offer a cure.  Because the most common approach is simply giving a pill to treat the symptoms, it looks like we might be doomed to a lifetime of Excedrin and days lost. The better approach would be to find the root cause of the problem and eliminate it.  Sound...
Source: Doctor Kalitenko antiaging blog - January 17, 2013 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: admin Source Type: blogs