George Davidson, Nwachukwu O. Nwachukwu, Chimaobi Nwevo, Ahmed Ismail Ali, Nwamaka C. Bob-Ume, Abduljabbar A. Abdulaziz, Adu Agyen Kwame, Muhiyadin S. Ali, Alexander C. Ogbodo & Obinna D. Nwaizuzu·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2026
Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is central to the management of obstructive coronary disease. Although drug-eluting stents (DESs) have reduced restenosis and repeat revascularisation, the...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3553
Background: Acute rheumatic fever remains an important cause of acquired valvular heart disease where rheumatic heart disease persists in practice, with possible long-term consequences including severe valvular involvement, chamber remodelling, rhythm disturbances, and surgery. O...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3552
Background: Superior mesenteric artery occlusive disease is an important cause of chronic mesenteric ischaemia and is increasingly managed with endovascular techniques. However, regional data describing procedural outcomes remain limited. This study assessed the technical success...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3550
Aims: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological, clinical and angiographic characteristics of patients aged under 45 years who were hospitalised for myocardial infarction and to highlight the characteristics of MI in young people compared with older people. Study Design: A...
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Background: Cardiac involvement significantly impacts the prognosis of sarcoidosis. While conduction abnormalities represent the classic presentation, inaugural acute heart failure with severe left ventricular dysfunction is a less common and diagnostically challenging phenotype...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3549
Background: Cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately 45% of all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients — a risk 10 to 20 times higher than in the general population. Despite the critical role of echocardiography in characterizing this cardiac burden, systematic echocar...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3548
Introduction: Sarcomeric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart disease. Its prognosis is primarily determined by the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). This study aimed to describe the rhythm profile of patients with sar...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i3547
Mariana Elizabeth Colón Navar, Héctor Raúl Ibarra Sifuentes, Uvane Andrea Cu Farfán Sánchez, Juan Jaime Saldívar Salazar, Ana Karen Oyarvide Zapuche, Alicia Estefanía Cantú González, Raymundo Garay García, Carlos Zarick Sáenz Tapia & Carlos Alberto Ponce López·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2026
Background: Acute ischemic heart disease causes myocardial infarction due to obstruction blood flow in coronary arteries caused by accumulation atherosclerotic plaque. Heart failure is frequent complication when coronary intervention is not performed, increasing risk of mortality...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i2546
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) associated with implantable cardiac devices (ICDs): pacemakers, automatic defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices, is a rare but serious complication with a high mortality rate despite therapeutic advances. The steady...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2026/v15i2544
Background: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity worldwide. Optimized pharmacological therapy — comprising the four pillars of neurohormonal blockade (ACE inhibitors/ARBs, beta-blockers, MRA, SGLT2i) — h...
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