Background: Coronary artery disease is considered a major cause of death in both male and female subjects in the developed world and carries a risk of several complications. Multiple scores have been developed in order to set risk stratification and predict the outcomes for ische...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i330170
Recurrent attacks of rheumatic fever can lead to mitral stenosis. In a country like India mitral stenosis can develop in the first decade of life. Our patient presented with recurrent mitral stenosis at twelve years of age. He had undergone balloon mitral valvotomy at the age of...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i330169
Carla Eugenia Arenas Alvarez, Juan Carlos Marin Mireles, Hebert Israel Flores Leal, Ana Norma Griselda Becerril Gonzalez & Carlos Mario Guzman Sanchez·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2021
Aims: To describe a case of neonatal lupus and complete atrioventricular block in Mexico. Presentation of case: A 38 years old pregnant patient at 28 + 6 weeks of gestational age, diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus six years ago, under treatment with hydroxychloroquine...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i330168
This was a comparative cross-sectional study where the left ventricular dimensions and functional parameters of 41 children (aged 1 to 18 years) with sickle cell anaemia were compared with those of 52 age-and-sex matched HbAA controls using transthoracic echocardiography. Majorit...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i230167
Background: Double Inlet Left Ventricle (DILV) with transposition of the great vessels is rare in children with congenital heart disease. We present two cases seen at a paediatric echocardiography centre. Baby ND is a 28-day old female who presented with respiratory distress and...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i230166
Background: The CHA2Ds2-VASC was was revealed to be a predictor for thromboembolism event in patients who do not have atrial fibrillation or who have supra ventricular arrhythmia. The aim of this work was to evaluate the role of CHA2DS2 – VASC score in prediction of coronary arte...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i230165
Chronic mesenteric ischemia (intestinal angina) is a condition that is caused by stenosis or occlusion of the mesenteric arteries (Superior mesenteric artery, inferior mesenteric artery and celiac artery) and usually manifest as abdominal pain which is usually post - prandial in...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i230164
Coronary trifurcation lesions are a complex group of lesions. Percutaneous intervention of such trifurcation lesions which involve left anterior descending artery, left circumflex artery and RAMUS artery is difficult task. Trifurcating coronary artery disease is a complex atheros...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i230163
Radial access combined with hemodynamic support has the limitation of not allowing adequate angiography or delivery of peripheral balloons for managing the femoral access site after removal of the large femoral sheath. We present a case series with use of a novel long 6 French g...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i130162
Background: Left ventricular dysfunction is the single strongest predictor of mortality and one of the most frequent and deadly complication following coronary artery diseases. Aim: This work aims to study and explore the left ventricle ejection fraction improvem...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2021/v10i130161