BACKGROUND Data on frequency distribution of ABO-Rh blood groups in cardiac syndrome X (CSX) patients are not available. We aimed to investigate the distribution of ABO-Rh blood groups in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 247 CSX patients' records were reviewed in a cross-sectional study from 2006 to 2010. One hundred forty six patients (59.1%) were female, and the mean patient...

patient with cardiac arrest, as initial presentation of the underlying cardiac disease, who receives an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, cost cannot be evaluated, unless the first line therapeutic option for these patients is not an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Another approach could be to randomize these patients to an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or to other forms ...

OBJECTIVE Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is characterised by typical exertional chest pain, a positive response to exercise testing, and a normal coronary angiography. The relationship of CSX with myocardial fibrosis and ischemia has been clearly demonstrated in previous studies. In addition, fragmented QRS (fQRS) has been reported in the literature as an indicator of myocardial fibrosis. The aim of ...

Endothelial dysfunction which is manifested by the loss of nitric oxide bioavailability, is an increasingly recognized cause of cardiac syndrome X (CSX) and beta blockers are used for the treatment of this syndrome. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate effects of metoprolol, as a beta blocker, on endothelial function in CSX patients. The study included 25 CSX patients (20 female/ 5 ma...

Demirkol et al. (1) compared the mean platelet volume (MPV) in the plasma of patients with cardiac syndrome X, patients with coronary artery disease and healthy controls. They observed that the MPV in patients with cardiac syndrome X and coronary artery disease was significantly higher than that observed in the control group. There were no significant differences in the MPV between the cardiac ...

It has been proposed that adenosine mediates ischaemic pain in humans. Patients with cardiac Syndrome X are hypersensitive to potential pain stimuli, including adenosine. On the other hand, recent findings suggest that low-dose adenosine infusion may have analgesic effects. Our aim was to test two hypotheses: (1) that the analgesic effect of adenosine is peripheral in origin, and (2) that part ...

echocardiography is a non-invasive diagnostic technique which provides information regarding cardiac function and hemodynamics. it is the most frequently used cardiovascular diagnostic test after electrocardiography and chest x-ray. however, in a patient with acute chest pain, transthoracic echocardiography is essential both for diagnosing acute coronary syndrome, zeroing on the evaluation of v...

Neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS) is a rare disease with dermatological, cardiac, hepatic and hematologic involvement due to placental transfer of anti-Ro/ SSA anti-La/ SSB antibodies in infants mothers autoimmune diseases. Multisystemic common infants. Here we present baby neonatal whose mother had Sjögren's syndrome. He presented thrombocytopenia, then convulsion cardiac arrest pericardial tampon...