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 ...

abstract: the preoperative and surgical management of a giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm(lvp) associated with aortic valve replacement in a 76 year old male jehovah’s witness patient is reported. the satisfactory recovery observed in this patient demonstrates the feasibility of this complex surgical procedure even in this particular patient population.

conclusions the administration of curcumin in patients undergoing dialysis had no positive effects on enhancing lvef and lv function. further research is required to shed sufficient light on this issue. results the mean age was 44.2 ± 13.4 years for the curcumin group and 45.4 ± 6.2 years for the placebo group. the study population comprised 22 male and 13 female patients. there were no signifi...

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 ...

conclusions male gender, history of hypertension, high nyha score, and the presence of cad predict lvef deterioration in patients with lbbb. objectives the present study aimed to identify underlying factors that predict left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) deterioration in patients suffered from complete lbbb. patients and methods in a retrospective case-control study, the data of 220 cons...

conclusions both anesthetic regimens were acceptable for induction in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. results incidence of pain on injection (2 - 4%) and myoclonus (10%) was less in both groups. the hemodynamic response was similar in the two groups for all variables over the time interval, except for ci at ...

background: patients suffering from major beta thalassemia need frequent blood transfusions and, if not treated well, would be at risk of heart dysfunction. this study was performed to determine the diagnostic value of electrocardiography versus echocardiography in measuring the left ventricular mass index in these patients. methods: between july 2010 and june 2011, 82 asymptomatic patients ove...

Coronary arteriosystemic fistula which drains into the left ventricular cavity is a rare congenital anomaly. A case of double fistulae between the left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary arteries and left ventricular cavity is presented. The patient's chief complaint, chest pain, was attributable to the "steal phenomenon."

conclusions the vibratory innocent murmur is associated with the presence of left ventricular false tendon and higher left ventricular outflow tract velocity. the presence of the left ventricular false tendon was somewhat associated with decreased early diastolic myocardial velocity. normal left ventricular systolic and diastolic function can be used as a reassurance in cases with the vibratory...

background: an electrocardiogram (ecg) can provide information on subclinical myocardial damage. the presence, and more importantly, the quantity of coronary artery calcification (cac), relates well with the overall severity of the atherosclerotic process. a strong relation has been demonstrated between coronary calcium burden and the incidence of myocardial infarction, a relation independent o...