Background: There are insufficient data on the association between the serum level of vitamin D and the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the level ...

Background: Clarification is needed as regards the relationship between the total bilirubin level andthe outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segmentelevation myocardial ...

Background: Various risk scores are used to predict the bleeding risk in patients with the acute coronary syndrome (ACS), including ACTION, CRUSADE, and MEHRAN. The purpose of the present study was to compare the ...

Background: There is recent evidence that aldosterone plays a role in the pathogenesis ofcardiovascular diseases in dialysis patients, which leads to the opportunity to block its actionsfor the benefit of these ...

Background: Treatment-induced cardiotoxicity is one of the major side effects of trastuzumabtreatment in patients with breast cancer. Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is the leading causeof treatment-induced ...

Background: Despite the recognition of the common risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), itappears that there is a wider range of risk factors. The purpose of the present study was toevaluate the ...

Background: The long-term resistance of indwelling hemodialysis catheters leads to the developmentof the superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome due to the obstruction of the dialysis catheters. Themanagement of these ...

Visual loss is a relatively rare but devastating and unpredictable complication of open heart surgerywith cardiopulmonary bypass. The most common cause of postoperative visual loss following cardiacsurgery is ...