Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis that primarily affects small vessels. The disease typically the respiratory tract and kidneys but has also been known to involve gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary thyroid, liver. Cardiac involvement rare. Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are extremely uncommon finding, only 1 reported case in ad...

A left atrial mass associated with coronary artery disease is often diagnosed as a mural thrombus rather than other possible etiologies such as benign primary cardiac tumor (myxoma, lipoma), a malignant primary cardiac tumor (sarcoma, lymphoma), or secondary involvement for extracardiac tumors. Malignant lymphoma initially presenting as intracardiac masses is very rare. Chest computed tomograph...

background the patients undergoing coronary artery angioplasty should be motivated to adhere to lifestyle modifications. one of the factors affecting this issue is cardiac self-efficacy. cardiac self-efficacy motivates individuals to select a lifestyle related to their cardiovascular diseases through creating the desire to adjust with such behaviors. conclusions the current study results implie...

INTRODUCTION Preoperatively elevated serum creatinine (SCr) is considered an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to apply the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes classification for acute kidney injury in a population of patients with preoperatively elevated serum creatinine who underwent cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypas...

The article presents data on heart damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), features of the development ischemic and non-ischemic disease a significant increase risk adverse cardiovascular events. Patients RA are characterized by an increased developing myocardial infarction, failure, rhythm disturbances, sudden cardiac death, general death. possibility fairly rapid dysfunction from m...

Atherosclerosis can be limited to one vascular bed, but more often it takes a diffused form. Detection of the disease in one area should prompt further assessment of the patient for atherosclerotic disease in different territories. According to various studies, in patients over 50 years old with peripheral artery disease (PAD), critical limb ischemia (CLI) affects 1–2% of this population. These...