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The blog was started with the sole aim of creating a forum for knowledge sharing in cardiology . Some of the opinions and expressions are based on personal perspective and has no intention to defame any individuals , institutions , or any treatment modalities. If any content is found to be obtrusive please bring it to my notice. Some of the images have been taken from the internet public domain.I hope it is not violating any copy rights. If it does , it could be inadvertent. I shall remove it as and when it is recognised. Some references has been reproduced with a quote of courtesy.

I assure you this is a purely a scientific forum without any commercial interest .

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43 Responses

on June 4, 2009 at 6:44 pm | Reply Tom Bouthillet

Dr. S. Venkatesan –

I’m really enjoying your website and learning a lot from it!

Thanks for all you do.

Tom
on July 5, 2009 at 9:43 am | Reply dr. virinchi

hi,

Dr.Venkatesan,

Your websire is really helpful. As iam into PGDCC, your discussions on various topics giving me
a much deeper insight into the subject. Thanks a lot for your unique contribution. As the
presentation is very simple, iam enjoying this way of learning.
on September 14, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Reply Rehan Omar

Dear Dr,
I really enjoy your blog. It really answers most of the tricky questions asked to me by my junior colleagues and for that I am really thankful to you. Just keep up the great work.
Thanx again.
on October 18, 2009 at 5:21 pm | Reply dr col d ray

dear dr venkatesan, you are doing a great job to the 3rd world medical practitioners .your posts are very informative for non cardiologists .thank you ,do keep up the blog site .regards. dr ,col, d ray
on February 10, 2010 at 5:45 am | Reply James Cook

Dear Dr V,
Thank you so much for taking your time to share your knowledge with us. I’ve been searching for websites with info on nutrition, health and the body. Since my health has improved I’ve spent most of my free time reading and learning. Some of my issues involved my heart so your blog is excellent learning material. Can you suggest a book, or a dictionary of cardio terms? I’m not a Dr, just someone wanting to understand.
on April 2, 2010 at 1:24 pm | Reply Encee

What a blog!
on April 3, 2010 at 10:49 am | Reply Thomas Kjeld

Hi Dr Venkatesan.
Have you performed animal studies to support your ideas regarding pericarditis as a novel treatment for CHF?
If not, are you aware of anyone who is performing such studies?
Kindly
Thomas Kjeld, M.D
on April 22, 2010 at 4:08 pm | Reply Sandhya

Dear Dr. Venkatesan

Thank you very much for this article as it helped to demystify so many medical jargon associated with LVD. I have been reading these in my father’s medical reports..

Regards
on May 14, 2010 at 1:51 pm | Reply MANOJ MAHAJAN

hi doc

its realy useful site…mankind wil certainly benefit..i salute ur work

thanx for being here
on May 16, 2010 at 2:51 am | Reply Dr Muthukumar V(enkatachalam)

Dear Dr Venkatesan-

I was referred to this blog today. It is an excellent site and am sure is useful for a lot of people. Keep up your good work, and god bless.
on July 28, 2010 at 9:24 am | Reply Justin Paul Gnanaraj Dr

Dear Dr.Venkatesan,
I have known you for more than ten years. But i never knew about this amazing blogsite you are maintaining. I was amazed when i went thro it. This site will be helpful to scores of medical practisioners, postgraduates and patients.
You are an asset to the Depaertment of Cardiology, Madras Medical Colege and to Govt of Tamil Nadu. My best wishes to you. May God bless you and your blogsite.
Best Wishes
Justin Paul Dr
on July 30, 2010 at 10:54 pm | Reply Jennifer LaPointe MD

Amazing website! Keep up the good work.
on September 15, 2010 at 1:18 pm | Reply Duvall Smith

Dr Venkatesan,

Thank you so much for your excellent educational blog. It’s truly appreciated and treasured.

Best regards,
DS
on November 11, 2010 at 12:42 pm | Reply SONNET

Good blog. I am following
on January 4, 2011 at 12:00 am | Reply Dr. Iqbal

Dr Venkatesan – Congratulations of the blog. I wanted to know if I can have permission to reproduce the great pathologic images you have on NSTEMI and STEMI for a class I am teaching on vulnerable plaque for 1st year medical students at NYU medical center. Please let me know where you obtained the images. If I use then, I will surely be referencing your blog. Thank you
- on January 4, 2011 at 1:51 am | Reply drsvenkatesan
  
  Hi
  
  Thank you for your comments on my blog.
  Few of the images are from circulation journal , few are created by me.
  There is no restriction to use them in whatever form.
  Knowledge should be made free .
  
  Dr Venkatesan .Chennai.India
  - on January 26, 2011 at 12:22 am Dinkar Dave
    
    Hello Dr. Venkatesan,
    
    I have bilateral RAS and hypertension and wanted to consult you regarding the next course of action.
    
    Is it possible for you to provide us with your phone contact information and your email?
    
    Your response will be greatly appreciated.
    
    Thank you and God Bless you for the good work you are doing.
    
    Dinker Dave
on March 5, 2011 at 6:41 pm | Reply dr sandeep v nair

dear dr venkatesan sir,
i stmbled upon ur magnificient site today…its very enjoyable nd informative..thanks a lot for this gr8 piece of work sir…..
on March 7, 2011 at 8:39 am | Reply Dr. A Kumar

Dear Dr. Venkatesan,

At the outset, let me congratulate you on bringing out such innovative thoughts in the field of cardiology and also acting as a front-runner in cleaning up Cardiac medicine marred by vested interests. Keep up the good work!

I was working on a project involving h-FABP as a ACS biomarker, what are your views on it?

Also, let me know your thoughts on the specificity and sensitivity of Troponin I and Troponin T.

Waiting for your reply,

With best regards,

Dr. A Kumar
on March 7, 2011 at 2:13 pm | Reply dr joshi kamal r

Dear Dr Venkatesan ,

I am really thrilled to find out this discussion blog ,as it has given me a lot of understanding and knowledge .Iam now regular reader.

thanking you sir,

with all the best wishes and warm regards,

dr joshi kamal r
associate surgeon
cardiac surgery
mohali,punjab.

joshikamalr@gmail.com
cell no 9317873797
on May 8, 2011 at 11:01 pm | Reply Viswanatha Chinta

Dr.Venkatesan,

I am a medical resident from USA.
Interested in Cardiology.
Your blog is simply superb.
I request you to contrinue the great work.
I wish I will work and learn from you soon.

Viswanath.
on May 31, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Reply Subramaniam

Dear Dr. Venkatesan,

Awesome website. Great work!

Wondering what are the best options for people to get second opinion in cardiology in India? We are taking a stab at this and would love your input.

Thanks,
Sai
http://blog.pinkwhalehealthcare.com
on June 29, 2011 at 7:08 pm | Reply Suraj Goyanka

Dr.Venkatesan,
Ur blog is really worthy for medicos..plz extend ur information also in fields other than cardiology..
on July 12, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply Subbarao Kommuri

Dear Dr. Venkatesan,

I want to consult you. Could you please give your details.

Thanks and Regards
Subbarao
- on July 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply drsvenkatesan
  
  Please contact me in KHM Hospital .
  Anna Nagar Chennai 40
on July 29, 2011 at 3:14 am | Reply sreekanth

this is great
i always find answers in ur blog
thank u
on September 3, 2011 at 3:54 pm | Reply Mark Chambers (@chatteo99)

Dear Dr. Venkatesan

I am very pleased that I have stumbled across your blog as it puts things in perspective, it is enjoyable to read and easy to understand. Keep up the good work!
Rgds
Mark
on October 28, 2011 at 2:18 pm | Reply Kathirvel

Dear Dr.Venkatesan

Great work sir!!!!!
on November 11, 2011 at 10:23 am | Reply Amar

It is never enough to say thank you for such work and I do appreciate the precious time you spent to make this blog. I wish you all the best
on November 29, 2011 at 3:54 am | Reply Dr Suresh

Thank you for your dedication to emphasize to obvious , which has been lost with passage of time, now it’s fast food cardiology.
on November 30, 2011 at 5:53 am | Reply vr

Dear Dr.Venkatesan, the contents of this blog is very much useful to highly qualified medical professional (Cardiologistys) and layman like me. This also helpful for medical students, where they only rely on text books. Apart from this, every comment made by you is higly appreciable. It shows your in depth knowledge in your filed.
Thanks
VR
on January 19, 2012 at 1:23 pm | Reply veena

Wonderful..Thank You.
on February 18, 2012 at 12:07 pm | Reply Ken McIntyre MD

I stumbled on your blog and was floored. Absolutely phenomenal. You are a genius, My best teachers were from India. You guys are brilliant! Ten-thousand years of culture while my ancestors were scrapping charred meat off a bison bone in a cave in northern Europe. The world has A LOT to learn from you all.

Thanks, and please keep up the extraordinary and very helpful work you do, and the way you distill the essence of the problem, making it easy for us feeble minded primary care Neanderthals to at least for a flicker of time experience a higher plane of insight, coming away with hope that we may be able to employ some of this wisdom to the benefit of our patient’s.

Then again, we can just get a consult LOL

Seriously, very helpful, thank you Ken

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on March 7, 2012 at 12:52 am | Reply Cardio Research

A really helpful blog. I will recommend!
on March 18, 2012 at 7:17 pm | Reply Binu SD

Sir,

I need your contact information. I am residing in Kuwait and would like to see you when I visit there
on March 19, 2012 at 11:32 am | Reply Trish Nunn

Dear Dr.Venkatesan

I received a letter from my hospital to my GP about my recent ecg. The words ‘trivial regurgitation only’ followed by ‘an extremely reassuriing test’ put me at ease but what I wondered regurgiation meant. I had been told in had a very minor heart murmur when I was in my twenties and thought nothing more of it but after an episode of severe chest pain lasting over an hour and a half sought medical advice. Hence the ecg amoungst other tests.

When I received the letter I did a quick search to find out what it meant and found your blog and am so very pleased I did. Your straight forward, factual approach gave me the information I wanted.

A very helpful blog, thank you so much for taking the time to research and write it. Trish, England
on March 26, 2012 at 5:04 am | Reply Swaminathan J

I am not a medical person. I have been reading your posts for some time now and they are interesting. Since I had an MI and have a stent, it is easy for me to relate to some knowledge shared by you.

Sorry for pointing out a silly ‘autocorrect’ . Did you mean ‘sanctorum’ here? http://drsvenkatesan.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/can-we-shoot-the-left-main-at-the-bed-side/

Thank you very much for the informative articles.
on May 16, 2012 at 2:15 am | Reply LearnOnly Heart

nice blog helping a lot
on June 5, 2012 at 3:27 pm | Reply Syed Tanveer Alam

Dr Venkatesh
I am highly highly thankful to you for launching such a great website for us who are doing there residency in Cardiology to get fully trained. Once again thanks alot.
Can you help me to differentiate Syncope from Aortic Stenosis and Syncope from Other causes. How we will proceed in a situation where patient presents with history of syncope and Moderate stenosis?
Thankz Aloy
on June 14, 2012 at 12:33 pm | Reply Agron

Wonderful job, so practice, thank you so much

Agron
on September 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm | Reply Davinder

hello sir, your work is wonderful
on December 12, 2012 at 2:04 pm | Reply Michael Swanson

This is a wonderful site with practical knowledge. I found it by searching for an explanation of post stenotic dilitation, a much bandyd term which I have never understood physiologically.
Dr. V clearly understands that we must continually be aware of the past to function effectively in the present.
on February 27, 2013 at 2:15 pm | Reply Vickram

Sir,
Your blog is really wonderful. I request you to explain the physiology of JVP and Kussmals sign and the correlation of echo finding (echo talks about respiratory variation while kussmals is explained with on basis of non transmission of negative pressure produced by inspiration ) in constrictive pericarditis……please clarify