Aims: Study the role of C-peptide in development of atherosclerosis in late stages of type 2 diabetes in rats. Methodology: Late stages of type II diabetes were induced by administeration of high fat diet and intraperitoneal injection of a single dose of streptozotocin 35 mg/kg, ...
Aims: We herein report the case of a patient with severe aortic stenosis and a single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of valsalva, who successfully underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Case Presentation: A 86-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted...
Aims: The aim of this study was to detect the abnormalities of left atrial (LA)-left ventricular (LV) coupling using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patient with preserved LV ejection fraction. Methods: A total of 177 asymptomatic patients with preserved LV e...
Aims: This study was to evaluate cardioprotective effects of extracts of stem barks from Trichilia emetica against cardiotoxicity induced by doxorubicin. Methodology: This experiment was performed as follows: Group I receives some distilled water; group II receives doxorubicin on...
A 49-year-old woman has had several episodes of syncope with pallor and diaphoresis since she was 13 years old. She had been diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and was submitted to mitral and aortic valve replacement for mechanical prosthesis. She was submitted to a tilt tabl...
Background: The blood can be considered as a real fluid flowing in fixed vibrating myocardial canal. Its ejection during the left ventricular contraction is the phenomenon hereby studied. The left ventricle has been taken as a checking volume encompassing one part of aorta. The l...
We report a case of a 72-year-old female with no known comorbidities who presented with dizziness and dyspnea while exercising on a treadmill. Upon presentation in the hospital, she became hemodynamically unstable with multiple episodes of retching and vomiting, eventually intuba...
Aims: This study tends to investigate the effect of thiazide diuretic as an antihypertensive agent on some physiological micro nutrients and vitamins. Study Design: One factor quasi-experimental design. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Ekiti State Universi...
The aim of the study was to investigate the antioxidant property of watermelon and aloe vera against cadmium damaging effect on the heart and the packed cell volume of the blood. Thirty five Wistar rats were obtained and acclimatized for two weeks. They were randomly divided into...
Cadmium nitrate occurs as a colorless solid. It is soluble in dilute acids and ethanol, acetone, water, diethyl ether, and ethyl acetate. This study examined the effects of Oral Administration of cadmium nitrate on histomorphology of the heart of adult wistar rats. Twenty (n=20)...