introduction: left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) is considered to be the single most important prognostic factor in patients with previous myocardial infarction. lvef is not improved in all patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). this study aimed to assess the possibility of prediction of lvef changes after cabg using myocardial perfusion gated signle photon emission compu...

conclusions echocardiography and 2d speckle tracking strain imaging shows improvements in left ventricular deformation indices in atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (avrt) and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (avnrt) patients for the mean systolic strain and strain rate at 24 hours and the three-month follow-up. in spite of the normal lvef, even during sinus rhythm, deformation ...

background: ventriculoatrial (va) conduction has an important role in the initiation and maintenance of some arrhythmias. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether clinical and electrophysiological parameters of atrioventricular (av) conduction can predict va conduction. methods: detailed demographic, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic data were recorded in 54 consecutive patients ...

Introduction:  In patients who underwent surgery to repair Tetralogy of Fallot, right ventricular dilation from pulmonary regurgitation may be result in right ventricular failure, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. Hence, pulmonary valve replacement may be necessary to reduce right ventricular volume overload. The aim of present study was to assess the effects of pulmonary valve replacement on rig...

BackgroundIncreased metabolic rate of hyperglycemia in gestational diabetes causes macrosomia, which can also affect the fetal heart. The thickness of the walls of the heart and its function in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can change over time before treatment. We aimed to evaluate fetal cardiac structure in terms of ventricular wall thickness and its function in women w...

conclusions we did not find significant differences in ventricular function or ventricular septal thickness in the fetuses of mothers who were referred to our hospital with a previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus compared with the fetuses of non-diabetic mothers. this could be due to early identification, appropriate treatment, and tightly controlled diabetes in our study population. it shoul...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : supervised exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation programs (crp) have been suggested to all patients, especially after myocardial infarction. however, the effects of cardiac rehabilitation on systolic function are controversial. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of an 8-week cardiac rehabilitatio...

Abstract Background Myocardial iron overload is the leading cause of death in patients with beta-thalassemia major. Combined therapy with deferiprone(DFP) and desferrioxamine (DFO)were suggested to be more effective than deferasirox(DFX) for removing heart iron. Deferasirox has recently been made available, but its long-term efficacy on cardiac function has not yet been established. Our study...

Introduction: Pneumonectomy is the standard treatment of lung cancer, even though patients should undergo several evaluations before surgery; deterioration of cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary resection is inevitable. We have evaluated the effects of digoxin on the improvement of right ventricular function and prevention of probable complications after lung resection surgery. Materials a...