Spontaneous Recanalized Chronic Total Occlusion or Recanalized Thrombus-What Are the Differentials?

The authors comment on certain points of the Akhar article from the April 2022 issue of the JIC. In their letter, they differentiate between chronic total occlusions and functional occlusions and discuss spontaneous recanalizations and the appearance of multiple intraluminal channels.They question whether the thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery was because of atherothrombosis or thromboembolism of both the right coronary artery and pulmonary circulation.

Ventricular Tachycardia Storm in a Patient with an Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator Following COVID-19 Infection.

Severe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection presents with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan dysfunction. Cardiac involvement is seen in about a quarter of patients, and it can present as acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, myocarditis, and thromboembolic events. Ventricular arrhythmias in the setting of COVID-19 infection are usually multifactorial in etiology.

Angiographic profile and outcomes in persistent non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A study from tertiary care center in North India.

Background: The relationship of atrial fibrillation (AF) with coronary artery disease (CAD) is well established, yet it is often missed. There is evidence of myocardial ischemia on stress imaging in AF patients in the absence of obstructive CAD. In this prospective cohort, we studied the angiographic profiles of non-valvular AF patients.