Formular for RVSP
4 (v)2 + RAP
Thiazide diuretics can result in what abnormality of the lipid panel
Increase TG
Asymptomatic AA more than this size should be repaired.
5.5 cm
Negative trial for IABP use in cardiogenic shock -
SHOCK II
Pulsation of retinal arterioles -
Becker's sign
In 1910, _____ won the Nobel Prize-winning German organic chemist, described the presence of cholesterol in human aortic plaques
Adolf Windhaus
In the first 8 weeks of initiation of this HF medication, NT-proBNP is the preferred marker and not BNP
Sacubitril-Valsartan
In patients with HCM, ICD is reasonable if LV wall thickness is
> 30 mm
Prospective population-based cohort study focused on heart disease, establishing HTN, smoking, LVH as risk factors for heart disease for the first time
-Framingham Heart study
Components of Beck's triad
low blood pressure, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds
This Swedish cardiologist collaborated with a physicist Helmuth Hertz and used ‘sonar’ device from World War II submarines to record ‘echo’ from human heart for the first time.
Inge Edler
Class 1 anti arrhythmic agent of choice in ischemia driven ventricular tachycardia -
Lidocaine
QRS wider than ____ is an indication for ICD in ToF
≥ 180 ms
Biventricular pacing was superior to conventional RV pacing in patients with AV block and left ventricular systolic dysfunction, LVEF < 50% with NYHA class I, 2, or 3 heart failure
Block HF trial
increase in volume of tricuspid regurgitation on inspiration
Carvallo's sign
These two people won the Nobel Prize 1985
for the discovery of LDL-cholesterol receptors
Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein
Shunt in congenital patients that connects the SVC to Right PA -
Glenn Shunt [improves oxygenation]
30 yrs old female with syncope while playing tennis. ECG afterwards is as shown below. What is the diagnosis

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
This trial showed that in patients with single-vessel coronary stenosis on optimal medical therapy, PCI did not result in a statistically significant improvement in exercise time compared to a sham (placebo) procedure.
Orbital trial
Head nodding in time with heartbeat
De Musset's sign
___ founded the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group, which ran landmark clinical trials proving the efficacy of clot-busting drugs, statins, and ACE inhibitors.
Dr. Eugene Braunwald
Palliative procedure involving diverting venous blood from SVC and IVC to the pulmonary arteries, bypassing the morpho-logic right ventricle
- Fontan's procedure
Most common inherited Autosomal Dominant long QT syndrome
Romano-Ward syndrome
In patients with recent type 1 or type 2 myocardial infarction (MI) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40%, beta-blocker therapy was associated with reduced mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) compared with no beta-blockers.
The BETAMI-DANBLOCK trial
____ to the negative contrast effect seen in the pulmonary artery from non-contrast enhanced blood shunting left to right from the aorta during right ventriculography
Goetz sign