Objective: Cardiac hydatid cyst is an uncommon disease, its prevalence being about 0.5-2%. 90% of parasites which are digested orally are removed by the liver and lung, 10% enter the general circulation and 1% enters the ...

Background: One of the most important tools for the evaluation of children's health is determining the systemic arterial blood pressure (SABP), which is affected by weight, gender, stature, and environmental conditions. ...

COMPARISON OF EXTENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN ANGIOGRAPHY OF DIABETICS AND NON-DIABETICSBackground: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased prevalence of atherosclerosis and coronary ...

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is a histologically benign smooth-muscle tumor arising from either a uterine myoma or the walls of a uterine vessel with extension into veins. We describe echocardiographic features of intravenous ...

Background: Prolongation of ventricular depolarization time (QRS duration), particularly in left bundle branch block (LBBB), is commonly associated with many cardiac diseases. We posit that the QRS duration and degree of ...

Background: The primary objective of reperfusion therapies for acute myocardial infarction is not only to restore the blood flow in the pericardial coronary artery but also to complete and sustain the reperfusion of the ...

Background: Hypertension is the most prevalent controllable lethal disease in the present century and is one of the most common causes of visits in private offices and general clinics. In our region, no extensive study has ...

Background: Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia in patients with rheumatic mitral and other valve diseases who are candidates for valve repair surgery. Conversion to sinus rhythm has positive effects on quality of ...

Background: There is many limitations to the use of conventional echocardiography indices for the estimation of systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) function. Anthracycline chemotherapy causes myocardial damage, ...