Background: Although an extremely rare clinical condition, the pseudoaneurysm of a saphenous vein graft the ascending aorta may occur several months following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Methods: This paper ...

Background: Diabetes is the cause of 25% of all the cases of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (MI). One of the best interventions for coronary artery occlusion treatment is percutaneous coronary intervention ...

Background: The predisposing factors of coronary artery disease (CAD) include hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, smoking, and positive family history. Yet, new risk factors that can lead to CAD in early ages ...

Background: Cardiac involvement is common and usually silent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Echocardiography can be a valuable diagnostic method for the detection of cardiac diseases in such patients. ...

Background: Postoperative hyperbilirubinemia is one of the complications of cardiopulmonary bypass. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and nature of postoperative jaundice in patients undergoing ...

Background: Although primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy in patients with STEMI, not all patients are good candidates for PCI—mainly because of a delay in requesting medical care ...

We describe a 62-year-old woman, a known case of advanced renal cell carcinoma with the extension of the tumor up to the involvement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and the right atrium (RA). The patient complained of gross ...

Background: Conventional ultrafiltration (CUF) and modified ultrafiltration (MUF) are routinely used in pediatric cardiac operations to reduce fluid retention in the body. Further amounts of fluids can usually be retracted ...