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Urinary tract infection

Reviewed by DR. D. DATTA.Ex. Emergency Medical Officer. Definition An infection which involves any part of the urinary tract is called urinary tract infection (UTI). Second most common infection in the body is urinary tract infection. Urinary tract produces urine, urine flows within the body through it, urine is stored within it and expelled out

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What is Catheter ablation

Reviewed by DR. D. DATTA.Ex. Emergency Medical Officer. Catheter ablation is a minimally invasive procedure usually done by interventional cardiologists by which some abnormal heart rhythm is corrected. In this procedure the area from which abnormal heart rhythm originates or the area where arrhythmia sustains are destroyed by using radio frequency (heat ablation) or cryofreezing

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What is Electrical Cardioversion

Reviewed by DR. D. DATTA.Ex. Emergency Medical Officer. Electrical cardioversion is a procedure where a device called a defibrillator is used to give electric shock to the heart with some abnormal rhythm to restore normal (sinus) rhythm.Electrical cardioversion is usually used to treat atrial fibrillation. If rhythm control drugs fail to work or cause side effects

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Electrical system of heart

Reviewed by DR. D. DATTA.Ex. Emergency Medical Officer. Normal heart beats in a normal (sinus) rhythm. In cardiac arrhythmia this normal rhythm of heart beat is lost.Human heart consists of (A) two upper chambers named right atrium and left atrium separated by a septum which is called interatrial septum .This interatrial septum prevents mixing of blood

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