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Asia’s first “Live” liver donor gets successful high risk beating heart bypass surgery

Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

Syed Ishaque, a 71 years gentleman successfully underwent a multiple bypass surgery operation under a team of doctors led by renowned heart surgeon Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar, Director Cardiac Surgery at Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Mr Syed was Asia’s first “Live” liver donor for a liver transplant operation.

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Catheter ablation of typical atrial flutter improves cardiac chamber size and function

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Methods A retrospective study was conducted on 468 patients who underwent ablation for CTI dependent typical AFL at a single institution between 2010 and 2019. Echocardiographic data were analyzed at baseline before ablation, and at early follow-up within 1-year postablation.

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Dofetilide for the treatment of premature ventricular complexes and ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Among the 32 patients with PVCs who successfully started dofetilide, the mean PVC burden decreased from 2010% to 88% at a median follow-up of 2.6 The composite outcome of VT/VF recurrence, heart transplantation, or death occurred in 6/12 patients (50%) without dofetilide and 49/69 patients (71%) with dofetilide. months ( p <.001).

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A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Here is a 2017 review article on ARVD in the New England Journal There is a 2010 publication by the Task Force in Diagnosis of ARVD: Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: proposed modification of the task force criteria. The diagnosis is not easy (see below). J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp. As per Dr.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

The hypothesis that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)] is possibly the single most powerful idea in medicine. And if you dare to suggest the idea that low-fat foods do not protect against heart disease, you get much the same treatment.