Background: Controversy continues surrounding the relationship between methadone and coronary artery disease (CAD). Given the evidence regarding methadone overdose and elevated high-sensitivity ...

CASE PRESENTATION Metastatic cardiac masses have different primary sites. On rare occasions, uterine tumors are responsible for such masses. We herein describe a woman with a metastatic cardiac mass ...

Background: Hypothermic perfusion is widely used in pediatric cardiac surgery units. The present study evaluated the effects of hypothermia severity on the serum levels of lactate during cardiopulmonary ...

Background: Right ventricular (RV) restrictive physiology is a condition caused by the chronic elevation of systolic pressure in the RV, which is typically found in patients with tetralogy of ...

Background: Pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery are a major source of morbidity and mortality, as well as increased lengths of hospital stay and resource utilization. Pleural effusion ...

Background: Mitral valve area (MVA) and other indices of the severity of mitral stenosis poorly reflect the functional status, systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and cardiac output in patients ...

Background: This study aimed to determine the relationship between executive functions and the percentage of artery blockage as mediated by the big 5 personality characteristics in patients with ...

Background: The fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has proven effective in decreasing cardiac events by comparison with all-comers stenting. In this ...

Background:Echocardiography has a widespread role in measuring cardiac function and hemodynamics. Nevertheless, the evaluation of right ventricular (RV) function is a puzzle, especially by 2D ...

Background: The inter-lead variations in the measurements of the QT interval reflect regional variations in ventricular repolarization. This increased dispersion results in susceptibility to ...

Background: It has been reported that opium can deteriorate the complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Apelins are molecules whose protective roles against cardiomyocytes have been ...