Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery is a congenital heart defect in which it arises from the right coronary sinus. This anomaly carries a high risk of sudden death. The diagnosis can be made by ultrasound examination. Silent myocardial ischemia must be sought. Vario...
Amyloidosis is a systemic disease characterized by extracellular infiltration of amyloid fibrils. Cardiac involvement, marked by nonspecific clinical signs, significantly influences prognosis. Initially considered rare, this involvement is increasingly diagnosed through imaging t...
Background: Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a pervasive health issue worldwide, and its prevalence is particularly concerning among cardiac patients in Bangladesh. Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country, and h...
Background: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most prevalent congenital heart abnormality, comprising a quarter of all cases. When these VSDs are small and cause a left-to-right shunt, patients often remain asymptomatic, with the condition typically detected during routine p...
Lydia Tadesse, Yonas Tamene, Nirmal Patel, Selly Soto R. N., Sagar Patel, Jeffery Jacob & Suraj Subedi·Asian Journal of Cardiology Research·2023
Cardiovascular diseases pose a great risk to the health of individuals worldwide. These diseases are seen to be increasing in both their incidence and prevalence, mainly in middle-aged people. Although younger individuals are also not completely spared by these diseases, differen...
Sainath Chary Gannoji, Soujanya Durishetty, Raheemunnissa, Vedavathi Sai G., Shivankitha Kattekola, Purbai Dheeraj & Parsi Lavanya·Asian Journal of Cardiology Research·2023
Stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapidly developing clinical symptoms of focal (or global, in the case of coma) brain dysfunction lasting more than 24 hours or causing death with no apparent cause other than vascular. Stroke is broadly divided into subarachnoid hemo...
Introduction: Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) are the most common congenital anomalies in the world but there is a paucity of data regarding possible causes or risk factors. Babies born with severe forms of these defects are likely to die in the neonatal period. Objectives: The a...
Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs due to reduced or blocked blood flow in the heart's coronary artery, leading to damage to the heart muscle. Prompt medical intervention is crucial to restore blood circulation and improve pati...
Hemanta I. Gomes, C. M. Shaheen Kabir, M. Maksumul Haq, Md. Rezaul Karim, Syed Dawood Md. Taimur & M. A. Rashid·Asian Journal of Cardiology Research·2023
Echocardiography is a non-invasive cardiac examination that provides structural and functional information regarding cardiovascular diseases. It is useful in diagnosis as well as in follow-up of patients with cardiovascular diseases. The advent of echocardiography has already rev...
Background: Cardiac metastases are among the rarest in oncology, usually silent and rarely attracting clinical attention, often discovered at autopsy. Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor, and its usual metastatic sites are the lung, bone, brain, soft tissue, and...