Original Article

Ice Water Ingestion and Sympatho-vagal Balance in Healthy Subjects: Importance of Time-Domain Heart Rate Variability

Volume 4, Apr 2015

Savitri Siddanagoudra MD (Physiology), Priya S. A. MD (Physiology), Shobha Nallulwar MD (Physiology), Dharwad, India

 Background: Literature has witnessed the recognition of a significant relationship between the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular mortality....

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Review Article

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Role in Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Enhancing their Efficacy in Indian Cooking

Volume 4, Apr 2015

S Y Mhaskar PhD, Purvi Varma RD MSc (Clinical Nutrition) Mumbai, India

Diet exerts a profound influence on blood lipids and lipoproteins and as such should always be a major component of strategies for the primary prevention...

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Review Article

Development of Comprehensive, e-Health Platform for the Prevention and Management of Non-communicable Diseases

Volume 4, Apr 2015

Gundu H. R. Rao, Prashanth T. Rao , Minnesota, USA

According to recent observations, healthcare systems in India effectively cater to only 10% of the population and the remaining population has limited...

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Images in Cardiology

Right Ventricular Mid-cavity Dynamic Systolic Obstruction due to Dyskinetic Interventricular Septum

Volume 4, Apr 2015

S. R. Mittal DM, Ajmer, India

A ten-year-old child was referred for echocardiography. He was diagnosed to have “heart trouble” at the age of three months following an episode...

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Books and Trials

Landmark Trials in Lipid Management

Volume 4, Apr 2015

Gagandeep Singh Wander MD, Manish Bansal MD, DNB, Gurgaon, India

 Statins have emerged as first line treatment in management of patients with coronary artery disease. Inspite of treatment with statins, patients...

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