Background- Coronary artery disease is the most common etiology of disability and death in the world. We evaluated the efficacy of echocardiography in patients after myocardial infarction, as a diagnostic means for identifying ...

Objectives- The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of symptoms to valve stenosis. The hemodynamic data were evaluated at rest and after exercise using exercise stress echocardiography.Methods- We prospectively ...

We report the case of a 17-year-old man with Behyet's disease, associated with a recurrent right heart thrombosis and pseudo aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. The patient was admitted to the surgical unit because of malaise, ...

Background- Myocardial Bridge consists of muscle fiber bundles lining an epicardial coronary artery for a variable distance. Although myocardial bridge is associated with a benign prognosis, its presence has also been ...

Background-Selenium (Se) is part of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GSH - Px) that plays an important role in the antioxidant defense of the body. Evidence has demonstrated that populations with low intake of selenium ...

Background- Lipid-lowering therapy with statin reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Preclinical and clinical evidence also indicates that in addition to its lipid-lowering effects, ...

Objectives- The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of retrograde filling on the patency of significant (high-grade, >90%) coronary arterial stenosis.90%) coronary arterial stenosis.Methods- The basis of our study was a comparison between the ...

Introduction- Heparin is one of the current and necessary medications in acute myocardial infarction (MI). Given the narrow therapeutic dose and unpredictable pharmacokinetics of heparin, its anticoagulant effect should ...