Infective endocarditis remains, still one of the few dangerous conditions with a mortality rate of about 30 per cent in spite of the advent of so many antibiotics. The major cause for this high mortality is delay in diagnosis, because the clinical features in the early stage of the disease are unimpressive and more importantly inappropriate antibiotic therapy. The latter [...]
In myocardial infarction (MI) there is necrosis of cardiac muscle due to inadequate coronary circulation. Sudden death may occur when obstruction to coronary flow is precarious. Most deaths occurring within 24 hours of the onset of attack are due to ventricular fibrillation. Anatomy of Coronary Arteries: There are three main sources of coronary arterial blood supply: (1) The anterior descending [...]
Recently the importance of pulmonary embolism as a relatively common cause of death has become more widely appreciated, despite gross underestimation of this problem by the prevalent statistics. Pulmonary embolism is quite common, but often unrecognised clinically which suddenly presents without much warning. Incidence: The true incidence of pulmonary embolism is unknown and estimates of its frequency vary, depending on [...]