Clinical utility of left ventricular strain, wall stress and serum brain natriuretic peptide levels in chronic hemodialysis patients
Conclusion LV-GLS and LVMWS are useful imaging markers for detection of LV dysfunction in HD patients. Serum BNP level is influenced by LV structural abnormalities and suggested to be a crucial hemodynamic biomarker in those patients. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - June 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Clinical safety profile of ticagrelor compared to clopidogrel in 1208 patients: Real world evidence
Conclusion In the real world settings, patients undergoing PCI treated with ticagrelor showed similar safety profile compared to clopidogrel but with increase in minor bleeding rate. The observed results were in alignment with PLATO clinical trial. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - June 14, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Risk factors for acute coronary syndrome in patients below the age of 40 years
Conclusion ACS in young adults is an increasing health problem. Obesity was found to be the most prevalent risk factor. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - June 3, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Effect of exercise training on heart rate recovery in patients post anterior myocardial infarction
Conclusion Exercise training improves HRR, resting HR, METs and HR reserve in post anterior MI patients. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - June 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Cardiac recovery and outcome of neonates and infants presenting with severe aortic coarctation and depressed cardiac function
Conclusion Majority of the patients with isolated coarctation of the aorta and depressed left ventricle systolic function showed improvement of ventricular function within 4 weeks after surgery, except for patients with residual coarctation of the aorta. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Clinical role of serum Copeptin in acute coronary syndrome
In conclusion Determination of copeptin in early diagnosis of AMI has diagnostic value being superior to a conventional cTn-I within the first three hours after acute chest pain. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Right ventricular function in patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing an invasive approach
Conclusion RV dysfunction is not uncommon in NSTEMI when using the definition of TAPSE < 17 mm. Following up RV function by TAPSE, showed significant improvement after 3 months with successful PCI as compared to baseline. We recommend assessing and following up RV function in all patients admitted with a NSTEMI. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Mitral leaflet separation index. An easy two dimensional echocardiography technique for assessment of mitral valve area before and after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty
Conclusion The MLS index it is a simple and effective method for assessment of the MVA, it has an excellent correlation with MVA with an excellent sensitivity and specificity for the prediction of effective MVA. The MLS index cannot evaluate outcome of PBMV because it is an anatomical parameter and not flow dependent thus does not correlate with grades of mitral regurgitation. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Retinal fluorescein angiography: A sensitive and specific tool to predict coronary slow flow
Conclusion Both delayed arm-retina time and retinal arterio-venous transit times can accurately predict coronary slow-flow. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Death anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction or cancer
Conclusion In this study patients with AMI had higher death anxiety than patients with cancer or healthy individuals. Generally death anxiety was related with education, employment and socioeconomic status. Prospective studies carefully searching for different variables in different medical groups would reveal and help us to understand the importance of death anxiety and its impact on courses of physical and mental disorders. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Epicardial fat thickness can predict severity and multivessel distribution in Egyptian patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis
Conclusion EFT is a good predictor of CAD severity and multivessel affection in Egyptian patients. It is also a potentially promising predictor for the presence of CAD. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - May 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Triglycerides and aortic pulse wave velocity in patients with chronic inflammation
Publication date: Available online 26 April 2018 Source:The Egyptian Heart Journal Author(s): Luca Zanoli, Pasquale Fatuzzo, Pietro Castellino (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - April 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Prevalence of early repolarization pattern and its association with sudden cardiac death and arrhythmia over one-year follow-up in an Egyptian cohort
Conclusions In outpatient-based Egyptian cohort, the prevalence of ERP was 6.7%, mostly the inferolateral pattern. Our ERP subjects had low-risk clinical and ECG criteria for malignant ERP. Further epidemiological studies are needed to explore the natural history of ERP. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - April 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Prevalence of P wave dispersion and interatrial block in patients with systolic heart failure and their relationship with functional status, hospitalization and one year mortality
Conclusion PWD and IAB are prevalent in patients with systolic HF and they are significantly associated with low LVEF, paroxysmal AF, poor functional capacity, hospitalization and mortality rate. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - March 11, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular risk factors in chronic heart failure patients
Conclusion Cardiac rehabilitation had a significant improvement of cardiovascular risk factors, functional capacity and Health related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure. (Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal)
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - March 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
