This is the case of a 38-year-old man with a history of two female relatives with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and personal factors of high cardiovascular risk (gender, stress, smoking, chronic consumption of electronic cigarette). The patient presented tamponade due to pericardi...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430227
Background: Acute right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) is a leading cause of death in the setting of acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Therefore, several studies investigated the predisposing factors of RVD. However, at present, little is known about the clinical predictors of RVD in...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430225
Background: An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a persistent interatrial communication. It is distinct from a patent foramen ovale wherein there is a flap with intermittent communication. The aim of this work was to assess prevalence of mitral valve regurge or prolapse and left atri...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430224
Background: Multi-Slice cardiac CT has evolved as a noninvasive imaging technique for evaluation of stenosis in the coronary arteries by what is called Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography (CCTA), but it is also widely used in quantitative plaque assessments through Coronary...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430223
One of the common questions for patients with a history of cardiovascular disease is whether it is safe for them to fast during Ramadan. Yet, studies on the effects of Ramadan fasting on blood lipids, blood pressure, anthropometric parameters and other cardiovascular risk factors...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430222
Background: Rheumatic fever principally influences kids in developing states, particularly where deficiency is common. Atrial fibrosis is a mutual characteristic of clinical atrial fibrillation (AF) and is accompanying with AF in a diversity of experiment sittings, Aim and Object...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430221
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of S-Amlodipine in patients suffering from hypertension. Materials and Methods: A multicenter, prospective, open-label, non-comparative, clinical trial was conducted on 364 patients with hypertension in Mongolia. All these patients w...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430220
Ayman F. Soliman, Yasser Alkhalifa, Othman Al Mulhem, Muneera Al Taweel, Zienab Al Bahrani, Abdulmalik Alabdulqader, Tarek Nasef & Abdelkareem Al Garni·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2022
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a comprehensive disease management program for heart failure patients. Most of the heart failure (HF) guidelines are classifying the cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure patients as class 1A which mean highly recommended. However, Arab countries...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430219
Backgroundː There is a lack of clinical and epidemiological knowledge about cancer-related lymphedema in Mexico. The objective of this study is to present a broad and deep report of cancer-related lymphedema’s clinical characteristics and epidemiological features based on the ana...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430218
Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated with cardiogenic shock is still associated with a significant death rate. Other interventions, including intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation and medical therapy, failed to improve prognosis in large-scale randomised stu...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430217
Background: This study describes cardiac pacing activity during 2021: demographic data of patients underwent permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM), risk factors, clinical presentations, indications, mode of pacing, and complications post PPM implantation. Cardiac pacemakers have...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430216
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a cardiovascular disease have been known to cause high morbidity and mortality rate in several countries. Hence, several serum biomarkers have evolved as a standard and bedrock for its diagnosis one of which is, cardiac troponin. This cardiac bi...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430215
Brahim Nassour Aware, Noel Mahoungou, Charfo Mamadou, Bachar Abakar, Harouna Seydou, Fadoul Adam, Salim Arous, Leila Azzouzi, Abdel Nasser Dirghil & Rachida Habbal·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2022
Hydatid disease or hydatid cyst results from the tissue development of the hydatid larva of an echinococcus taenia. It is an endemic disease in certain regions of the world such as the Mediterranean basin. We report here the observation of a 39 year old patient with no particular...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430214
Background: C-reactive (CRP) protein is a well-studied inflammatory factor whose prognostic value in cardiovascular diseases in recent years has become increasingly important. Assesses of prognostic value of highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with acute coro...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430213
Background: Around 20% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are used to treat coronary bifurcation syndromes. Technical success was defined as successfully bridging the occluded portion with a wire and balloon and reopening the artery with a 40% residual stenosis in all...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430212