Thrombotic events are very unusual in neonatal period. This congenital anomaly may be caused by certain risk factors such as polycythemia, perinatal asphyxia, septicemia, maternal diabetes, dehydration, and low cardiac output, or it may occur upon catheterization of central lines. A 20-day-old neonate was referred to our ward with primary signs of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP). Echocardiog...

PURPOSE Trastuzumab can improve the prognosis for patients with breast cancer, but its related cardiac toxicity is concerning. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with trastuzumab-related cardiac toxicity in elderly patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 133 elderly (≥ 65 years) patients who were diagnosed with breast cancer between Jun...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Normal myocardial perfusion is closely associated with very low rates of cardiac events and better long-term outcomes; however, little is known about its prognostic value in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). METHODS A total of 286 incident patients underwent baseline cardiac evaluations using echocardiography and stress-rest single-photon emission computed tomograp...

Secondary prevention of adverse cardiovascular events is a major focus in the care patients with coronary heart disease. Cardiac rehabilitation aims to address patient risk factors through lifestyle modifications, such as increased physical activity and dietary modification. This commentary evaluates critically appraises network meta-analysis cardiac programmes, including exercise non-exercise ...

backgroung and objectives: the relationship between optimistic view in life and health variables has been confirmed in many studies. in the majority of researches, the relationship was studied in non-clinical populations. given the few researches in clinical groups, this study was carried out aiming at evaluating the correlation between the optimistic views and general health in a group of card...

The clinical implications of silent myocardial ischemic (SMI) episodes in patients with coronary artery disease were assessed in 253 patients whose angina symptoms were resolved by antianginal drugs. This population included 93 patients without a history of myocardial infarction (angina group) and 160 patients with myocardial infarction (infarction group). These patients were further divided in...

BACKGROUND Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a congenital disorder accompanied by a high incidence of sudden cardiac death. beta-Adrenergic blockade is the therapy of choice, and it is successful in 75-80% of patients. For those in whom cardiac events (syncope or cardiac arrest) are not prevented by beta-blockade, experimental studies suggest that left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) may be use...

We sought to determine the ability of quantitative myocardial perfusion reserve index (MPRI) by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and high-sensitive troponin T (hsTnT) for the prediction of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and cardiac outcomes in heart transplant (HT) recipients. In 108 consecutive HT recipients (organ age 4.1±4.7 years, 25 [23%] with diabetes mellitus) who underwent cardiac...