OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) in a large population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS AND RESULTS In a retrospective analysis of aggregated European and Canadian databases a total population of 23 153 patients with CHD was followed up to the age of 16-91 years (mean 36.4 years). Among them, 458 patients (2.0...

Life satisfaction is the way persons evaluate their lives and how they feel about their directions and options for the future. It is a measure of well-being and may be assessed in terms of mood, satisfaction with relations with others and with achieved goals, self-concepts, and self-perceived ability to cope with daily life. A global measure of life satisfaction has become increasingly importan...

Abstract Background Previously, we introduced the TeleCheck-AF approach, which is an on-demand mobile health (mHealth) infrastructure incorporating app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring as well self-reported atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factor assessment to allow comprehensive remote AF management through teleconsultation. Herein, evaluated feasibility accuracy of in patients. Methods In ...

OBJECTIVE The incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in developing countries has been on the increase in the last few decades. Demographic changes and adoption of negative life style associated with urbanization have been incriminated. This study is to ascertain the burden of cardiovascular disease in Uyo, a town which has been undergoing rapid urbanization in the last decade. SUBJECTS AN...

BACKGROUND Seasonal variation in hospitalization for cardiovascular disease has been described in the temperate regions of the world as well as in Northern Nigeria. Increase admission rates during the cold seasons have been reported in these areas. No studies have been done in Southern Nigeria. This study is thus aimed at describing the seasonal variation in admissions for heart failure, uncont...

OBJECTIVES We retrospectively analysed long-term outcomes after conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between patients having left main (LM) disease who should have been assigned class II and those assigned class III recommendation for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to the 2010 European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surg...

Reduced speech intelligibility has been observed in Parkinson’s disease (PD), ataxic dysarthria, multiple sclerosis (MS) and in individuals who have suffered a cerebral vascular accident (CVA). Data support the effectiveness of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) on the improvement of vocal function and speech intelligibility in PD. Today, only a small percentage of patients with chronic n...

Abstract Background Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) involve an increased risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, the association between bowel (IBD) and ASCVD is not well established. Our aims were to evaluate frequency [ischemic heart (IHD) cerebrovascular accident (CVA)] after IBD diagnosis identify factors associated with its development. Met...

Background: As a significant number of patients diagnosed with transient ischemic attack (TIA) at emergency department are at risk to develop TIA or cerebral vascular accident (CVA), several attempts have been made to figure out a predictive method to detect those at higher risk of such attacks. Therefore, the present study was aimed to evaluate the role of ABCD2 scoring including age, blood pr...