We describe three cases of hydatid cyst of the heart. The first patient was a 46-year-old man who was found to have a systolic murmur on routine physical examination and. Echocardiography showed an interventricular cyst. ...

Objective- This study was performed to evaluate the early results of stent implantation for aortic coarctation or recoaratation.Methods- 19 patients with a mean age of 21±12 years with aortic coarctation, 14 native ...

Interrupted aortic arch is a complete luminal and anatomical discontinuity between two segments of the aortic arch. According to the site of interruption there are three types of this anomaly.As the nature of this ...

Background- Since the relief of pain in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is very important; we sought to assess the effect of Entonox as an analgesic drug in our subjects. Our goal was to compare the analgesic ...

Background- We sought to study stress, and in particular environmental, psychological and treatment-related stress factors, in coronary care unit (CCD) and intensive care unit (ICD) patients with particular emphasis upon ...

Background- Cardiac involvement is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with thalassemia major. In this study the echocardiographic parameters which would predict cardiac involvement in the ...

Background- Implantation of transvenous permanent pacemakers (PPM) has become standard therapy for sinus node dysfunction and atrioventricular conduction abnormalities. It plays an important role in improving quality of ...

Background- Carnitine has a major role in utilization of fatty acids and glucose by the myocardium. Some patients with heart failure have carnitine deficiency. This study evaluates the effects of oral carnitine on heart ...

The short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a new member of the genetic arrhythmia family (including long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and familial atrial fibrillation) with a ...