Posted in Cardiology - Clinical, Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs), tagged acute pulmonary embolism, angina, atypical chest pain, chest pain, d dimer, dvt, necrosis of lung, non ischemic cardiavc pain, rv angina, ventilation perfusion scan, vp/vq., wedge sign on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pulmonary embolism is one of the important causes of acute chest pain . It can mimic acute coronary syndrome . In fact along with aortic dissection , it forms a differential diagnosis for STEMI especailly if the ECG is not typical.
The Chest pain of acute pulmonary embolism can originate in one of the following structures [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rescue angioplasty as a concept in PCI is advocated for the past two decades. Rescue angioplasty continues to enjoy the controversy over the years. A procedure which fails to shrug off the controversy for so long inspite of multiple studies , would indicate there is something seriously wrong in the procedure or in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Exercise stress test is the most commonly used non invasive diagnostic test for CAD.
It is also useful in the functional capacity evaluation.Even though medical management of CAD is a proven and accepted method of therapy in CAD . There is always a perception even among the cardiologists medical management is an inferior form of [...]
