Objective: To examine the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and the incidence of acute coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality in the modern era. Methods: We studied 16, 390 black and white participants free of clinical CHD from a US national sample. The...
Background: The prevalence of carotid disease in patients with heart failure (HF) has not been described. This may be of importance for the implementation of novel interventions for heart failure that require surgery close to the carotid artery. Objective: The aim of this study w...
Aims: To identify Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy (CAN) from a range of measures extracted from Heart Rate Variability (HRV), including higher moments of RR intervals and a spectrum of entropy measures of RR intervals. Study Design: Analysis of HRV measured from participants at a di...
Objective of the Study: Evaluate changes in Pre ejection period (PEP) and left ventricular ejection time (LVET) during head up tilt (HUT). Methods: Twenty healthy male subjects were involved in this study, with mean age 29.3±5 years, mean body mass index (BMI) 21.3±0.2Kg/m2. Meas...
Background: Iron deficiency (ID) has been shown to be linked with poor outcomes within heart failure (HF) populations in previous clinical trials. The impact of ID has not been evaluated in stable chronic heart failure (HF) patients in the community. Our objective was to study th...
Aims: There is a general consensus in considering cigarette smoking as a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases: a direct causal association between smoking and hypertension however is questioned. The present paper reports a study on the effect of cigarette smoking and of...
Aims: Evidence is still lacking regarding optimal treatment for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HfPEF). Our objective is to present an individual evaluation for each of the current available heart failure medications using a meta-analytical model. Me...
Introduction: Infantile Hepatic hemangioendothelioma is characterized by multifocal benign vascular dilatations involving the liver. The clinical course depends on tumor size, localization and complications. Case Report: 15 days old neonate with stormy postnatal period was referr...
Aims: Vitamin D is known for its primary role in calcium and bone homeostasis and regulation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion. There is increasing evidence for health benefits accomplished by activated vitamin D, that go beyond these classical functions. Previous studies ha...
Primary cardiac tumors are rare with myxoma being the most common benign cardiac tumor. They are usually sporadic, affecting left atrium and frequently occur in women. They are known to cause valvular obstruction, thromboembolism and arrhythmias. We present a case of right atrial...