A study of ECG pattern, cardiac structural abnormalities and familial tendency in patients with early repolarisation syndrome in South India.

Background: Early repolarisation (ER) on ECG, which was initially believed to be benign, has of late been considered otherwise. Brugada syndrome has recently been thought to be an extension of the ER spectrum, and the familial tendency of the ER pattern is being highlighted. With attention being drawn to ER's association with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (VF), the prognosis and lineage of patients with an ER pattern are under scrutiny.

Aortic pulse wave velocity and its relationship with complexity of coronary artery disease based on SYNTAX score.

Background: Aortic pulse wave velocity (APWV), a marker of arterial stiffness, was found to be a good predictor for the presence of incipient vascular disease and cardiovascular events in observational studies. APWV measured by echo Doppler is a simple and readily available method comparable with other costlier and complex modalities of APWV measurement like MRI, Complior method or applanation tonometry.

Aims And Objectives: No previous studies have demonstrated a relationship between APWV findings and the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD).

A rare coronary artery anomaly: duplication of right coronary artery with separate ostium on 64-row multidetector computed tomography.

Coronary artery anomalies are rare, and their incidence varies from 0.6% to 1.3%.