Anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction can present with a specific electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern without ST segment elevations, known as De Winter sign. Recognizing this ECG pattern is important since it is considered an equivalent to ST elevation myocardial infarction...
According to recent British Heart Foundation statistics, one in six men and more than one in ten women die from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK. This equates to almost 74,000 deaths per annum from CHD alone. More worryingly, every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young...
U. A. Fabian, M. A. Charles-Davies, A. A. Fasanmade, J. A. Olaniyi, O. E. Oyewole, M. O. Owolabi, J. R. Adebusuyi, O. Hassan, B. M. Ajobo, M. O. Ebesunun, K. Adigun, K. S. Akinlade, O. G. Arinola & E. O Agbedana·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2015
Metabolic Syndrome (MS), which affects 33.1% of Nigerians, predisposing them to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, has been associated with the female gender. The cardioprotective effect of oestradiol against CVD is now controversial and was investigated in premenopausal with MS...
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide epidemic and a major public health problem and the mortality of diabetic patients is twice higher than that of with non-diabetic patients. The in-hospital outcomes in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are le...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of Left Atrial Septal Pouch (LASP) and assess the association with Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 275 cardiac-gated CT examinations at Indiana University from January 2010 to June 2012, 160 cardi...
This paper present several signal processing tools for the analysis of heart sounds. Cardiac auscultation is noninvasive, low-cost and accurate to diagnose some heart diseases. A new module for the segmentation of heart sounds based on S-Transform is presented. The heart sound se...
Aggelos G. Ioannidis, Athanasia K. Papazafeiropoulou, Alexios Sotiropoulos, Athanasia Kokkinari, Ourania Apostolou, Maria Stefanidou & Stavroula A. Papadodima·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2014
Aims: The scope of this study is to investigate zinc levels in type 2 diabetic subjects with and without coronary artery disease (CAD). Place and Duration of Study: This study was performed in outpatient clinic of General Hospital of Nikaia between December 2009 and May 2010. Met...
Aortic dissection is defined as separation of the layers within the aortic wall. An acute aortic dissection is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, indeed, many patients die before presentation to the emergency department (ED) or before diagnosis is made in the ED....
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in diagnosis and risk stratification of various cardiac diseases. Cardiac computed tomography added a major diagnostic value and led to reducing the need fo...
The treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has undergone significant advances over the past three decades. Current practice guidelines raise the importance of promptly restoring normal coronary blood flow and myocardial perfusion in the infarct zone after the ons...