Background of Study: Previous studies observed insulin resistance in the hypertensive population. However, evidence-based studies of insulin resistance in prehypertension are scant. Aim: Our study aimed at determining the presence of insulin resistance and its correlation with bl...
Aortopulmonary window is a rare congenital anomaly with a communication between ascending aorta and main pulmonary artery. It may be associated with other cardiac malformations like aortic arch anomalies, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of fallot etc. Survival beyond infancy...
Acute limb ischemia secondary to systemic arterial embolism from left ventricular thrombus is a rare life threatening emergency. Peripheral arterial thrombosis superimposed on an atherosclerotic disease or thromboembolism from cardiac or aortic source are the two most common caus...
Aims: To highlight the rare occurrence of double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus in a three-year-old boy viz-a-viz what has been reported in the literatures. Presentation of Case: N.A is a three year old boy who presented with easy fatiguebility...
Prisons are environments that have been characterised by high rates of communicable diseases until recently when the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases have been assessed, and high prevalence found. This study, involving 160 inmates assessed the prevalence of cardiovascular ri...
Background: Dyslipidemia is a major cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor with an increasing occurrence in sub-Saharan Africa. Aim: To determine the distribution of elevated serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and assess the level of awareness of dyslipidemias in the ge...
Diego Rojas Esquivel, María Fernández Martínez, Isabel Franco Fernández, Renato Jiménez Román, Nieves Concepción Rodríguez & Luis Riera del Moral·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2018
Introduction: This study aimed to know the incidence and factors associated with aneurysmal sac reduction (ASR) after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) at 3 years of follow up in the Spanish population. Material and Methods: This is a retrospective observational study. We analy...
Aims: The aim of this study is to show how the coagulation laboratory and clinical findings worked together in the management of a patient with hereditary thrombophilia and pulmonary embolism (PE) in terms of diagnosis, the choice of anticoagulation treatment and the duration of...
Low voltage electric shock resulting in myocarditis induced delayed death is a rarity and has not been reported so far, to the best of our knowledge. The definitive diagnosis is autopsy based as it has variable clinical presentations. We report such a case where in the histopatho...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is a complex procedure carrying the risk of complications that cause significant morbidity and mortality. The successful recanalisation of CTO approaches is 80%. Antegrade approach for the treatment of CTO...
The presented case is the report on a successful complete aortic valve cusp replacement using tissue-engineered xenogenic CardioCel® material in early childhood.
Aims: To investigate the influence of ethanolic hawthorn leaves extract (EHLE) oral administration (200 mg / kg body weight /day) on isoproterenol (ISO) induced- myocardial infarction (MI) in rats and its bioactive constituents. Methods: Healthy adult male albino rats (Sprague-Da...
Aim: To evaluate the challenges, feasibility, and efficacy of device closure of PDA in adolescents and adults by different types of occluder devices in Sohag University Hospital. Methods: Between 03/2012 to 06/2017, 33 adolescents and adults were chosen from 174 patients with PDA...
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a multifactorial disease with a preventable characteristic. The knowledge of its predictive risk factors will help in preventing it. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the predictive risk factors of VTE in the Lebanese popula...
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “The Metabolic Clinic: Challenges in a Developing Country”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.