Index

Coronary Artery Disease

• Normal coronary flow
• Troponins
• Non-STEMI
• 95% stenosis in stable angina
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Supply / demand imbalance
• Coronary perfusion pressure
• Antiplatelet drugs
• Major adverse cardiac events

Valvular Heart Disease

• Mitral incompetence
• Mitral apparatus
• Severe aortic stenosis
• Aortic incompetence

The Heart as a Pump

• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Ejection fraction & endsystolic volume
• Supply / demand imbalance
• Preload, afterload and contractility
• Diastole
• Right ventricle
• Biventricular pacing

Lipoproteins

• Triglycerides
• HDL
• LDL receptor
• Pleiotropic effects
• Lipoprotein (a)

Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias

• Long QT
• Warfarin in asymptomatic AF
• Re-entry

Clinical Epidemiology

• P value and the null hypothesis
• Absolute and relative risk
• How to read survival curves
• Absolute and relative time
• Generalisability of trial results
• Statistical verdicts
• Non-inferiority trial design
• Major adverse cardiac events

Widows and Orphans

• Vasodepressor syncope
• Statins in the elderly
• Alternative dietary guidelines
• Ribbons and dresses