Abstract Introduction Cardiac myxoma (CM) is the most common primary cardiac tumour. It can manifest in a variety of clinical presentations or it be asymptomatic and, ultimately, detected with image techniques. The only successful treatment these tumours surgical excision, low complications and recurrence rate. Objectives This analysis aims to describe forms presentation echocardiographic chara...

introduction: despite extensive studies about effects of crataegus monogyna on cardiovascular diseases yet, a few study has been undertaken antiarrhythmic property of this plant. aims of the present study were: 1) to determine the protective role of methanolic extract of c.monogyna on the rate-dependent model and the concealed conduction . 2) to explore the role of na+-k+ a tpase in the protect...

introduction left atrial thrombi are present in one third of patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation. a left atrial mass can be diagnosed as a thrombus by transthoracic echocardiography in the presence of the predisposing factors for a thrombus such as mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation. the sensitivity of transthoracic echocardiography for detecting left atr...

introduction atrial standstill is a rare condition, characterized by absence of atrial electrical and mechanical activity evident in surface electrocardiography echocardiography, or fluoroscopy, which is associated with unresponsiveness of atria to maximal output electrical stimulation. this condition can be present with thromboembolic complication, low cardiac output, and sometimes palpitation...

Rivaroxaban associated spontaneous hemothorax
 is a highly selective direct thrombin inhibitor indicated in stroke prevention, non-valvular atrial fibrilation, treatment of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis, prevention recurrent venous thromboembolism VTE after elective hip/knee replacement surgery secondary acute coronary syndrome. Hemorrhage the major concern drug use. Subdural...

background: about half of all patients who undergo mitral valve surgery suffer from atrial fibrillation (af). cox described the surgical cut-and-sew maze procedure, which is an effective surgical method but has some complications. this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a substitution method of radiofrequency ablation (rfa) for patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with af. metho...

Introduction. Only small studies in selected centers have examined the effect of rhythm control strategy, including catheter ablation, on major cardiovascular events, mortality patients with long-term atrial fibrillation and concomitant chronic heart failure preserved left ventricular ejection fraction features pharmacotherapy. The aim. To study peculiarities pharmacotherapy over a long period ...

a 54-year-old man referred to our center with barlow’s disease and severe mitral regurgitation. he had atrial fibrillation (af) rhythm, with a mildly enlarged left atrium (la). transesophageal echocardiography (tee) showed no clot in the la and la appendage; there was only mild spontaneous echo contrast in the la appendage. the patient underwent mitral valve repair and the maze operation, durin...

INTRODUCTION The right anterolateral thoracotomy is an alternative technique for surgical approach of mitral valve. In these cases, femoral-femoral bypass still has been used, rising occurrence of complications related to femoral cannulation. OBJECTIVE Describe the technique and results of mitral valve treatment by right anterolateral thoracotomy using aortic cannulation for cardiac pulmonary...