Study of immunogenicity, safety and efficacy of covishield vaccine among health care workers in a tertiary cardiac care centre.

Purpose: The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) might be curtailed by vaccination. We assessed the safety, and immunogenicity of Covishield vaccine among Health care workers (HCWs) in a tertiary cardiac care centre.

Methods: It's a prospective analytical study, conducted at Sri Jayadeva Institute of cardiovascular science and research centre, Mysore, between January 2021 to May 2021.

The impact of COVID19 nationwide lock-down on STEMI hospitalization and outcomes in South India.

Covid-19 Nationwide lockdown for social containment was implemented on the 23rd of March 2020. The objective of this study was to look at the impact of lockdown on STEMI (<24hrs window period). This study was done in 2 phases, 43 days before (phase1) and 43 days during lockdown (phase 2).

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The prognostic importance of lead augmented vector right and leads V-V.

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with high mortality and among survivors have high morbidity. Electrocardiogram (ECG), a cost-effective and easily available, has traditionally been used not only just for diagnosis of MI but also for culprit vessel recognition and for prognostication. However, the role of lead augmented vector right (aVR) and leads V-V in acute MI are often neglected in clinical practice.

Timely embolectomy in acute massive pulmonary embolism prevents catastrophe: An experience from two cases.

Acute massive pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening emergency that must be promptly diagnosed and managed. Over the last several years, the use of computed tomography scanning has improved the clinician's ability to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism. We report two cases of acute massive pulmonary embolism who presented with sudden onset of dyspnea and underwent successful open pulmonary embolectomy.

Unusual non progressive idiopathic giant ascending aortic aneurysm-A rarity.

Introduction: Ascending aortic aneurysm is the second most common aortic aneurysm to abdominal aortic aneurysm. Most ascending aortic aneurysm is diagnosed in sixth or seventh decade of life. Majority of patients of ascending aortic aneurysm do not have any clinical manifestations.

Use of CT Angiogram in Interventions Involving Coronary Artery Anomalies: A Case Series.

Background: Coronary artery anomalies are rare, accounting for about 0.3-1.3% of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography.

Myriad Cardiac Manifestation of Hyperhomocysteinemia.

Homocysteine has been recognized as a risk factor for various cardiovascular manifestations including thrombosis of arterial and venous system, spontaneous dissection involving various vessels in the body including coronaries and aneurysms. Here we report a young gentleman who was diagnosed as stroke in young and found to have dilated cardiomyopathy, with left ventricular dysfunction and hyperhomocysteinemia. Now the patient was presenting with unstable angina and found to have layered left ventricular thrombus on echocardiography and spontaneous coronary artery dissection on angiography.

Percutaneous device closure of patent ductus arteriosus with pulmonary artery hypertension: long-term results.

Unlabelled: Device closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is treatment of choice. But device closure in presence of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) remains a challenge. Data on patient selection, technical considerations, and complications are limited.

Successful management of Ellis type III left anterior descending artery perforation following percutaneous coronary intervention by a covered stent: Successfully resolved the dramatic complication.

Coronary artery perforation is a rare but catastrophic complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Grade III coronary perforation and rupture invariably results in pericardial effusion and tamponade requiring urgent pericardiocentesis. Advances in coronary intervention have increased the opportunity to treat coronary artery perforation.

Pulmonary hypertension due to presence of isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: A case report.

Anomalous pulmonary venous return is an uncommon congenital malformation which can be broadly categorized into partial or total, of which the former is more common. The anomaly is considered to be partial if some of the pulmonary veins drain into the systemic circulation and total if all the pulmonary veins drain into systemic circulation. Isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVC) is an uncommon finding and is a very uncommon cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension.