Cardiology Facts 3


  • ARVC - Limit competitive sports participation
  • Brugada syndrome + ICD shocks + ICD interrogated and shocks appropriate - give quinidine
  • Prominent R wave, ST depression in leads V1 to V3 (posterior STEMI) - repeat the ECG with V7 to V9 leads
  • Pravastatin is not metabolized by cytochrome P-450, and risk of myopathy is not increased in the presence of cytochrome P-450 inhibitor ketoconazole
  •  Treadmil  exercise stress test safer in - abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Flecainide is a potent sodium channel blocker
  • Patient with recent cardiac transplantation (denervated heart) have enhanced effect of adenosine
  • Regular narrow QRS tachycardia, r' in lead V 1 that is not seen on ECG in sinus rhythm, VA interval shorter than 70 ms - diagnosis AVNRT