We report a case of idiopathic aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk associated with moderate insufficiency of the pulmonary valve in a 5-year-old girl. The patient was asymptomatic. The results of echocardiography and ...

We present a case of the so-called mesothelial monocytic incidental cardiac excrescences (MICE) of the heart and a brief review of related literature.The patient was a 74- year- old woman. She had no history of ...

Objective: An evaluation of the effect of vitamin C on blood pressure is very important because hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebral and renal diseases.We studied the effect of vitamin C ...

Pulmonary artery banding (PA banding), part of a two stage- repair strategy popular in the 60s and 70s, is now largely reserved for critically ill infants with multiple ventricular septal defects (VSDs) or those with ...

Background: To avoid the fetal and maternal risks associated with anticoagulant therapy during pregnancy, the use of bioprostheses has been advocated for young women with cardiac valve disease who may later wish to bear ...

Background- Purulent mediastinitis is an unusual complication of median sternotomy. This complication often occurs shortly, usually within two weeks, after surgery. This study has been planned to clarify the situation of ...

Objective: Antegrade and retrograde infusions of cardioplegia may provide more homogenous distribution of cardioplegia especially in cases of coronary arteries occlusion. The purpose of this study was to compare intermittent ...

Background: Several studies have been performed to analyze the significance of atrial fibrillation (AF) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this study, we evaluated the prognostic significance of AF considering ...