Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease-causing variety of life-threatening complications. Atrial fibrillation (AF) in HCM population constitutes an important step in progression of the disease. Recently developed tool – HCM-AF Risk Calculator v [....] » Read More
Background: Heart Failure (HF) is a common medical condition and an important public health issue. This carries with it high mortality and frequent hospitalization. There is generally high re-admission rate and patients of heart failure tend to have a duration of stay [....] » Read More
Diabetic cardiometabolic disorders are characterized by significant changes in cardiac metabolism and are increased in postmenopausal women, which emphasize the role of 17β-estradiol (E2). Despite this, there are few safe and effective pharmacological treatments for these di [....] » Read More
Aim of the study: the study aims to clear the initial effect of non-baric oxygen inhalation on the coronary artery spasm. Background: Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is a cardiovascular disorder that plays an important role in the pathogenesis of stable angina, unstable angina, m [....] » Read More
The practice of physical exercises is essential to improve cardiovascular conditioning, as well as clinical improvement of pain, promoting a better quality of life for patients. However, in clinical practice, what is observed is a high incidence of kinesiophobia and a sedentar [....] » Read More
Recurrent pericarditis is one of the most common and notorious complications of acute pericarditis, and if not treated adequately can lead to serious complications such as arrhythmias, constrictive pericarditis, and cardiac tamponade. It affects about 20-30% of the patients diagn [....] » Read More
Being the most common metabolic disorder in the world Diabetes Mellitus (DM) can benefit from developing new therapeutic strategies particularly with conventional therapies struggling to properly manage it. Such therapeutic strategies can be made to achieve targeted a [....] » Read More
In this paper, we propose a novel approach of Electrocardiogram (ECG) Denoising based on Wavelet/Total Variation (WATV) and Convex fused lasso Denoising with non-convex regularization. This approach consists at first step of applying the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) to the no [....] » Read More
Background: CABG is most common type of heart surgery. Cardiac Rehabilitation following CABG surgery aims to minimise post- operative pulmonary complications (PPCs) such as atelectasis, arterial hypoxemia, and respiratory infection, decreased exercise tolerance which are the prim [....] » Read More
Adolescence is a very important period of growth and development with major physical, Psychological and metabolic changes occurring in child during which many adult life patterns are formed. Adolescent Prehypertension and hypertension are an important public health issue with an [....] » Read More
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the type 2 diabetes complications, usually accompanied by changes in myocardial structure and function. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a critical coenzyme present in every living cell, is involved in a myriad of metabolic process [....] » Read More
In this research, we study the fetal heart rate from abdominal signals using multi-fractal spectra and fractal analysis. We use the Abdominal and Direct Fetal Electrocardiogram Database contains multichannel fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) recordings obtained from 5 different wome [....] » Read More
Introduction: Coronary heart disease and cancer share multiple pathophysiological mechanisms. Studies have shown, many oncologic patients will develop cardiovascular events. However, there is little evidence regarding endothelial dysfunction of patients with oncologic history in [....] » Read More
Introduction: Coronary heart disease and cancer share multiple pathophysiological mechanisms. Studies have shown, many oncologic patients will develop cardiovascular events. However, there is little evidence regarding endothelial dysfunction of patients with oncologic history in [....] » Read More
Title : Myocardial revascularization and analysis of endpoints in patients with diabetes mellitus in combination with acute and chronic forms of CHD
Mekhman N Mamedov, National Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Russian Federation
The aim of this study was to analyze the features of myocardial revascularization in patients with acute and chronic forms of CHD in combination with diabetes mellitus and to assess complications after a year of observation. Materials and methods. A prospective comparative cli [....] » Read More
Title : Cardiac vector theory! A paradigm shift in ECG interpretation or a perspective rethinking in ECG translation from scalar to vector form
T Rajini Samuel, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research institute Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, India
Electrocardiography (ECG) has offered valuable insights in health and disease for nearly a century yet its interpretation remains an arduous task and needs the help of medical experts in that field. Einthoven used the concept of cardiac vector to describe the electrical activity [....] » Read More
Title : 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure profile of hypertensive and pre-hypertesive healthcare workers in a Philippine tertiary hospital
Anna Francesca S Abarquez, Philippine General Hospital, Philippines
Background: Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity, and its prevalence is increasing most rapidly in developing countries like the Philippines, where there is poor hypertension treatment and control ABPM is an important diagnostic tool among patients because [....] » Read More
Title : Cardioprotective role of empagliflozin in experimentally induced non diabetic different cardiac dysfunction models in rats
Mahmoud Ahmed Khattab, Cairo University, Egypt
Cardiomyopathy specifically affects the structure and function of the heart muscle. It is the leading cause of death.Our aim was to elucidate role and therapeutic mechanisms of empagli?ozin on cardiac dysfunction induced experimentally in non- diabetic rats by three different mod [....] » Read More
Title : Utilizing conditional probability and bayes’ theorem for harmonizing multi-modality cardiac imaging results
Timothy F Christian, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
The use of multiple noninvasive tests in a patient for a specific question in cardiology is becoming more common. While it is expected that each new piece of test information will align, the reality is that each test carries strengths and weaknesses that generate a profile of acc [....] » Read More
Title : A clinical profile of acute coronary syndrome in COVID-19 patients in a provincial town of south India
Shivaling Nisty, Nisty Heart Centre, India
Background: COVID-19 pa,ents are at a higher rick of ACS as associated inflammatory response leads to endothelial damage and plaque rupture. The clinical data of such pa,ents presen,ng with ACS is limited, we did a clinical study of ACS with COVID-19 pa,ents focusing chiefly on c [....] » Read More
Title : The impact of enteric coating of aspirin on aspirin responsiveness in patients with suspected or newly diagnosed ischemic stroke: Prospective cohort study: Results from the (ECASIS) study
Mohamed Nabil Elshafei, Hamad General Hospital, Qatar
Background and purpose: Uncertainty remains regarding the impact of enteric-coated aspirin (EC-ASA) on secondary prevention of ischemic stroke compared to plain aspirin (P-ASA). Hence, this study was designed to investigate the efect of EC formulation on ASA response via eva [....] » Read More
Title : ECG in athletes: Limits of normal
Samir Morcos Rafla, Alexandria University, Egypt
Classification of abnormalities of the athlete's ECG Group 1: common and training-related ECG changes: Sinus bradycardia, First-degree AV block, Incomplete RBBB, Early repolarization, Isolated QRS voltage criteria for LV hypertrophy. Group 2: uncommon and training-unrel [....] » Read More
Title : Cardiometry: A new fundamental scientific field in cardiology
Mikhail Rudenko, Russian New University, Russian Federation
Listeners will learn about a fundamental discovery of a new blood flow mode with low friction due to structuring the flow in each cardiac cycle in the form of alternating rings of blood cells and plasma, which is accurately described mathematically by the authors. This radically [....] » Read More
Title : The cause of transient ischemic attacks
Ermoshkin Vladimir Ivanovich, Russian New University, Russian Federation
Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) accounts for about 80% of all strokes. TIA occurs when microvessels and capillaries in some part of the brain become clogged as a result of one of two mechanisms - either thrombosis or embolism. But where do these obstacles to blood flow disappear [....] » Read More
Title : Dynamics of myocardial deformation properties of left ventricle after revascularization in patients of chronic coronary artery disease with preserved ejection fraction
Shukhrat Doniyorov, Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Cardiology, Uzbekistan
Aim: The purpose of the research was to evaluate the property of left ventricular myocardial deformation in patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: 136 patients were selected with chronic coronary artery disease aged between 38 and 74 years. All par [....] » Read More