Predictors of no- reflow during primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction, from Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum.

Background: Primary angioplasty (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction is associated with no-reflow phenomenon, in about 5-25% of cases. Here we analysed the factors predicting no reflow .

Methods: This was a case control study of consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent Primary PCI from August 2014 to February 2015.

Yet more knots in the radial artery, unravelling purely by counter clockwise rotation.

We describe here two more radial knots that could be unravelled by counter-clockwise rotation alone. We and others have previously described radial knots that occur when trying to engage the right coronary artery (RCA). Here, we show two knots that were unravelled purely by counter-clockwise rotation.

Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of angioplasty. How can it be prevented?

Femoral pseudoaneurysm is a common complication of repeated femoral puncture during cardiac catheterisation. We describe here the development of femoral pseudoaneurysms in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis, which healed in response to conservative treatment, and review the literature on the prevention and treatment of femoral pseudoaneurysm.