OBJECTIVES We examined long-term outcomes and predictors of major adverse cardiac events after the full metal jacket (FMJ) stent implantation. BACKGROUND The FMJ procedure has been used to treat diffuse coronary artery disease (CAD), but long-term outcomes remain unknown. METHODS The study population consisted of 347 consecutive patients (352 lesions) who had been treated for de novo diffus...

Mechanical dyssynchrony is an important codeterminant of cardiac dysfunction in heart failure. Treatment, either medical, surgical, or by pacing, may improve cardiac function partly by improving mechanical synchrony. Consequently, the quantification of ventricular mechanical (dys)synchrony may have important diagnostic and prognostic value and may help to determine optimal therapy. Therefore, w...

Patients with chronic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction are assumed to have a lower chance of successful CPR and lower likelihood of ultimate survival. However, these assumptions have rarely been documented. Therefore, we investigated the outcome of prolonged ventricular fibrillation (VF) and CPR in a rat model of chronic LV dysfunction. Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to (1) chronic LV dys...

T en years ago, the only available treatment modality for patients with drug-refractory supraventricular tachycardia was surgery. Surgical techniques included direct dissection or cryodesiccation of the His bundle for tachycardia control.1'2 During the past decade, catheter techniques have been introduced that replicate the surgical experience without the expense and morbidity associated with c...

T en years ago, the only available treatment modality for patients with drug-refractory supraventricular tachycardia was surgery. Surgical techniques included direct dissection or cryodesiccation of the His bundle for tachycardia control.1'2 During the past decade, catheter techniques have been introduced that replicate the surgical experience without the expense and morbidity associated with c...

Early mitral valve (MV) repair is the evidence-based care standard for those with severe degenerative MV regurgitation and has been shown to improve long-term patient outcomes in comparison to non-surgical management (1). Despite evidence favoring the performance of MV repair prior to symptom onset or the appearance of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, some physicians are hesitant to refer asy...

All physicians increasingly will encounter patients who have implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for protection from ventricular arrhythmias. This advisory provides a concise summary relevant to the assessment and management of patients with ICDs, including those who present to primary care or emergency department physicians with symptoms suggesting arrhythmia or ICD malfunction and th...

patients and methods previously recorded data of 231 patients who underwent surgical closure of vsd between january 2009 and january 2012 at the rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center were retrospectively reviewed. vsd surgical repair was performed using continues suturing technique in group a patients (n = 163, 70.6%) and interrupted suturing technique in group b patients (n = 68, 2...

purpose: to report the outcomes of surgical and non-surgical treatment for sixth nerve palsy and paresis in our center. methods: hospital records of 33 patients (35 eyes) with sixth nerve dysfunction who were referred to labbafinejad medical center from september 1996 to september 2006 and underwent surgical procedures or botulinum toxin injection were reviewed. results: patients were divided i...