There are several different reasons for cardiologists in training to spend a period of time in the United States of America in the context of work. This may be temporary in the case of a short sabbatical or travelling fellowship, where the recipient may travel to a centre with an particular area of expertise to study and learn a new or novel technique over a period of a few weeks. The period ma...

The world is witnessing ever fastest growing pandemic with high morbidity and mortality that excessive volume of airline travels spread influenza infection; so physicians with various specialties should know and consider the impact of current pandemic on their daily practice. Among influenza A viruses that infect humans, an influenza A virus emerged that had shifted to H1N1. Primarily, the resu...

D URING THE 1980s the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory has undergone a transition from a diagnostic laboratory to a therapeutic suite where congenital cardiac abnormalities are not only evaluated but often can be treated. Therapeutic transcatheter procedures have been developed that can provide palliative or definitive therapy to children with a variety of congenital cardiovascular ...