We describe a rare case of LA mass in a 46-year-old man presenting to our service for ‎the evaluation of exertional dyspnea.‎ Echocardiography revealed a unilocular encapsulated large mass that was completely ‎embedded ...

Background. Data concerning the interrelationship of antiphospholipid antibodies ‎‎(aPL) and myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction and ‎no evidence of overt autoimmune disease is conflicting.‎ ...

Background- Similar to the view that women are protected against cardiovascular ‎disease because of estrogen, it has been assumed that the increased incidence of ‎cardiovascular disease in men is in part related to androgen ...

Background- A small proportion of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass ‎surgery had endarterectomy of one or more vessels. Patients characteristics, early ‎postoperative outcome, and mid-term survival in endarterectomy ...

Background- Technical improvements in Doppler ultrasonography and MRI methods ‎have led to the diagnosis of many patients with renal artery stenosis. In patients with ‎coronary and peripheral arterial diseases, atherosclerotic ...

Background- Ruptured congenital aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva (RASV) is a rare ‎cardiac defect, which without surgical repair usually leads to reduced cardiac ‎performance. We have evaluated an institutional experience ...

Objectives- The aim of this study was a prospective evaluation to determine the ‎relative risks and complications of pediatric diagnostic and interventional ‎catheterizations‏.‏‎‎ Background- The role of the pediatric ...

Background- In a prospective, randomized trial, we compared intermittent antegrade ‎tepid blood (TB) with cold crystalloid (CC) cardioplegia in patients undergoing ‎coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).‎ ‎‎ Methods- ...

Introduction- Many series have demonstrated that women undergoing CABG appear ‎to have higher morbidity and mortality than men, therefore this study was designed to ‎answer the questions of whether such differences actually ...

Background- Hemodynamic instability during anesthesia can affect circulation and ‎oxygenation of vital organs (e.g. brain, heart, kidney and liver). Each of the anesthetic ‎drugs has various hemodynamic effects, and the ...

Background- Patients with coronary artery disease have a predilection for the ‎development of remote atherosclerosis and may be expected to be at greater risk of ‎renal artery stenosis. This study assesses the patients ...