Shepherd's Crook Curve: A Novel Technique for Angulated Side Branch Access in Bifurcation Angioplasty.

Coronary intervention involving the region of bifurcation remains a challenging issue for the cardiologist as well as a complication. A number of factors including the angulation of side branch with the main branch determines the success. Though provisional strategy remains the best option in bifurcation intervention, at times a two-stent strategy cannot be avoided.

Effectiveness of ultrasonography-guided cardiac sympathetic denervation in acute control of electrical storm: A retrospective case series.

Background And Aims: Ultrasonography-guided left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) or bilateral cardiac sympathetic denervation (BCSD) may be a useful intervention in the electrical storm (ES) that persists despite pharmacological therapy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasonography-guided LCSD or BCSD in the acute control of ES. We conducted a retrospective case series of patients who underwent ultrasonography-guided CSD for control of ES at a tertiary care hospital.

Masquerading Bundle Branch Block: A Poor Prognostic Sign Revisited.

Masquerading bundle branch block is a rare but important finding on the Electrocardiogram (ECG). It is an indication of severe and diffuse conduction system disease and usually indicates poor prognosis. The precordial leads show a Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) pattern while the limb leads resemble a Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB).

A study of doses to the hands during dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals.

Radiation doses to both the fingertip and finger base of staff preparing radiopharmaceuticals in a radionuclide dispensary have been monitored for more than 5 years. The records show a fall in dose thought to be due, largely, to the introduction of all-glass (lead) syringe shields. In 1998, the annual radiation dose (mean +/- standard deviation) to the fingertip had fallen to 83+/-11 mSv, which corresponded to 0.