Lupus and the Heart
Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE), is an autoimmune disorder that affects many of the body's organ systems - including the heart. Lupus can accelerate coronary artery disease, and can produce valvular heart disease, myocarditis, and pericardial disorders. Everyone with lupus needs to be aware of the cardiac manifestations of their disease, because that's the best way to detect cardiac problems early, when they are easier to treat....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - October 11, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Gliadin: The Universal Human Poison
Autoimmunity is the process describing an immune response waged against our own organs. The complex collection of mechanisms consisting of T and B lymphocytes, antibodies, and others, meant to provide protection against viruses, bacteria, and other body invaders, is misdirected against proteins of the body’s organs, such as liver, pancreas, thyroid, or brain. Autoimmune conditions now affect 8% of the American population–it is increasingly looking like diseases of autoimmunity are out of control.
Dr Alessio Fasano was recently awarded the Linus Pauling Award, the highest award from the Institute for Functional...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Autoimmunity Gliadin Source Type: blogs
What is the mechansim of LV dysfunction in RHD ?
The answer is simple . There is no primary rheumatic myocardial dysfunction .The LV dysfunction is related to the valvular lesion especially mitral regurgitation. While this is 100 % true in chronic RHD , surprisingly it holds good even in acute rheumatic fever as well .(I have been thinking acute myocarditis is responsible for most cases of cardiac failure in Acute rheumatic fever !)
It is a paradox to note myocardits being a major component in acute rheumatic fever (ARF) , still it does not persist long term .It invariably resolves and the injury to the valves goes on to result in progressi...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - July 31, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: acute rheumatic fever valvular heart disease chronic myocarditis in rheumatic heart disease is there a chronic myocarditis in in rhd ? kothari aiims myocardial invlolvement in rhd lv dysfunction in rhd mechanism of myocarditis in acute rheumat Source Type: blogs
Increasing ST elevation. STEMI vs. dynamic early repolarization vs. pericarditis.
Here is a series of ECGs with increasing ST elevation (STE). They are of a young male with pleuritic, but not positional, chest pain.Time zero:NSR. No remarkable findings. Minimal STE in V2, V3, and I. QTc 383. LAD occlusion, early repol formula = 18.1Time = 4.5 hours: New, diffuse ST elevation. QTc 384, formula 19.1. The ST axis is about 30 degrees (towards leads I and II, such that there is STE in aVL, I, II, and aVF, but not III) and there is no reciprocal ST depression except in lead aVR). This is very typical for peri...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 24, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - June 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ Source Type: blogs
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Differentiating Acute Myocardial Infarction from Myocarditis: Diagnostic Value of Early- and Delayed-Perfusion Cardiac MR Imaging -- Laissy et al. 237 (1): 75 -- Radiology
This article describes the difference between the enhancement patterns in acute myocarditis and infarction. The differentiation is pretty straightforward. Infarcts show a defect on first-pass imaging, with a subendocardial-transmural enhancement corresponding to an infarct territory. Myocarditis shows no change on first pass imaging with mid-myocardial to epicardial, patchy areas of enhancement.This is alsoillustrated in the accompanying images blog in the entry of Tuesday, 01 Nov.Link:Differentiating Acute Myocardial Infarction from Myocarditis: Diagnostic Value of Early- and Delayed-Perfusion Cardiac MR Imaging -- Laissy...
Source: Cardiac CT and MRI Literature - October 30, 2005 Category: Radiology Authors: Bhavin Tags: Cardiomyopathies Ischemic heart disease (apart from cor CT) Miscellaneous MRI Source Type: blogs
