background: although percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) is an excellent therapy for coronary artery disease, there is a paucity of information on the efficacy of pci in improving diastolic function, especially in iran. because of the high prevalence of left diastolic dysfunction in coronary artery disease patients and its probable progression to heart failure, an evaluation of the role of...

Background—We report relationships between cardiovascular disease risk factors and myocardial structure, function, and scar in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) study. Methods and Results—Cardiac magnetic resonance was obtained in 1017 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus....

Background: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) may develop cardiomyopathy independent of traditional risk factors such as hypertension and epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD). The spectrum myocardial dysfunction range from subclinical left ventricular (LV) diastolic systolic through to overt dysfunction. Aim objectives: determine whether reserve differs in DM compared non-DM, iden...

introduction a heart tumor in children is rare and the most primary tumor of the heart is rhabdomyoma. we report a case of cardiac mass diagnosed at 32th weeks of pregnancy while the mother had gestational diabetes mellitus. serial echocardiography revealed regression of the tumor; then follow up of the patient confirmed tuberous sclerosis.

To evaluate whether myocardial performance index detects a subclinical impairment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in patients with early stage of type 2 diabetes, without coronary artery disease, with or without hypertension. Furthermore, to evaluate whether some echocardiographic parameters relate to the metabolic control. Fourty-five consecutive male patients (mean age 52....

A 65-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of our hospital for an operation with a presumptive diagnosis of right atrial myxoma. The mass was found incidentally on routine echocardiography during preoperative evaluation for total knee replacement. She had had hypertension and diabetes mellitus for 8 years. Her waist circumference was 111 cm and her body mass in...

BACKGROUND We report relationships between cardiovascular disease risk factors and myocardial structure, function, and scar in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) study. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiac magnetic resonance was obtained in 1017 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitu...

This study examined intima-media thickness and arterial plaque occurrence in the carotid and brachial arteries in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients. The study compared 25 CAPD patients with 25 normotensive age- and sex-matched controls. Intima-media thickness and presence of plaque in carotid and brachial artery were measured three times using high-resolution B-mode echo...

Received: 29.05.2016; Revised: 13.01.2017 A 56 years old male had undergone implantation of Dual chamber Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) in November 2011 for documented sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. He was a known case of Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and had undergone angioplasty with a medicated stent to the mid left anterior descending coronary artery...