Objective: To determine the spectrum of Grown up Congenital Heart (GUCH) at Armed Forces Institute Cardiology/National Dieases.
 Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.
 Place and Duration Study: Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Obstetric department Force Diease, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from 2011 to 2021.
 Methodology: It was a descriptive study conducted Cardiology, AFIC/NIHD. A...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to assess the effects of exercise with dietary restriction on cardiac autonomic activity, arterial stiffness, and cardiovascular biomarkers in obese individuals. METHODS Seventeen obese adults completed an 8-week exercise and dietary program. Anthropometry, body composition, and multiple biochemical markers were measured. We used carotid-femoral pulse wave ve...

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may result in cardiomyopathy which is a major cause of death in thalassemia patients. Vitamin D is associated with benefits in cardiovascular disorders. Our purpose was to study effects of vitamin D on pulmonary artery pressure in thalassemia major and intermedia patients. Materials and Methods: This randomized trial was performed on 26 patient...

Background—Previous studies suggested that statin pretreatment reduces cardiac events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. However, most data were observational, and single randomized trials included limited numbers of patients. Methods and Results—We performed a collaborative meta-analysis using individual patient data from 13 randomized studies in which 3341 patients rec...

Cardiac injury presents a great challenge to the emergency resident because these injuries require urgent intervention to prevent death. Sometimes serious cardiac injury may manifest only subtle or occult symptoms or signs. As there is an epidemic of cardiac injuries in Kashmir valley due to problems of law and order, we herein present a review on management of such injuries.

Background Penetrating cardiac injury has the highest mortality and morbidity rates of all organ injury. The prehospital mortality rate for penetrating cardiac injury was 70 – 80%. Prehospital care including rapid transportation of patients to trauma center and agresive intervention has increased survival rate. The purpose of this study was to show our experience in treatment of patient with pe...

Cannabis/cannabinoid and bonsai, which is a synthetic derivative of cannabis, are ever increasing public health problems, particularly in adolescents and young adults. Cannabis and its synthetic derivatives have cardiovascular side effects, including myocardial infarction (1, 2). We hereby reported a case of sudden cardiac arrest due to ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI) developing after 4...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) is a common public health problem. Regional systems of care have improved provider experience and patient outcomes for those with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and life-threatening traumatic injury. We review evidence of the effectiveness of regional cardiac resuscitation systems and describe preliminary recommended elements of such ...

Background: Weaning from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit is an important step in the treatment process. More patients in less than 6 hours after cardiac surgery can be separated from mechanical ventilation and extubated. However, 20-40% of patients after cardiac surgery, due to dysfunctional ventilator weaning response (DVWR), still remain under mechanical ventilation. Therefo...