Background: Alcohol consumption has multiple side effects on heart which can be divided to six subgroups: Heavy alcohol drinkers (80 g/day alcohol consumption) are most susceptible to cardiac complications. The aim of this study was to review alcohol side effects on heart and two present two alcoholic patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Case report: Case A: A 52 year-old man presented with ...

diabetic mellitus (dm) is a major risk factor of morbidity, mortality and economic cost to society. diabetic patients are at risk of having microvascular or macrovascular disorders of diabetes. postoperative anemia have wide spectrum of some early complications that require more care in hospitalization stays. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate effect of preoperative anemia on short-...

Patient A: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Obstruction A 42-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of progressive exertional dyspnea and fatigue over the past 2 years. Both symptoms were greatly intensified during paroxysms of atrial fibrillation, which occur every 3 or 4 months. The patient was asymptomatic until 5 years ago, when she suffered a single syncopal episode precipitated by a b...

et al. Relationship between left atrial and left ventricular function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a real-time-3-dimensional echocardiographic study. A, ten Cate FJ. Left atrial Frank-Starling law assessed by real-time, three-dimensional echocardiographic left atrial volume changes. A et al. Fate of left atrial function as determined by real-time three-dimensonal echocardiography study after...