Aim: To report a case of huge coronary artery ectasia presenting with acute myocardial infarction; a relatively rare finding encountered during coronary angiography. Presentation of Case: A young male presented with chest pain and profuse sweating at a local hospital. Electrocard...
Background: Edentulism, though declining in younger adults, remains prevalent in the U.S. older adult population. Poorer health outcomes, including cardiovascular outcomes have been associated with edentulism. Sleep disorders are also common in older adults and have been associat...
Introduction: Despite recent progress and technological advances, heart valve surgery remains associated with a high rate of thromboembolic complications requiring anticoagulation, which must be both safe and effective to prevent any thromboembolic or bleeding events. Objectives:...
Coronary arteries with anomalous origin from the aorta may represent a trouble for interventional cardiologist, in particular in setting of acute coronary syndromes. Research of coronary ostium may cause crucial delay in reperfusion with important consequences for myocardial salv...
Anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction can present with a specific electrocardiographic (ECG) pattern without ST segment elevations, known as De Winter sign. Recognizing this ECG pattern is important since it is considered an equivalent to ST elevation myocardial infarction...
According to recent British Heart Foundation statistics, one in six men and more than one in ten women die from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK. This equates to almost 74,000 deaths per annum from CHD alone. More worryingly, every week, 12 apparently fit and healthy young...
U. A. Fabian, M. A. Charles-Davies, A. A. Fasanmade, J. A. Olaniyi, O. E. Oyewole, M. O. Owolabi, J. R. Adebusuyi, O. Hassan, B. M. Ajobo, M. O. Ebesunun, K. Adigun, K. S. Akinlade, O. G. Arinola & E. O Agbedana·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2015
Metabolic Syndrome (MS), which affects 33.1% of Nigerians, predisposing them to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, has been associated with the female gender. The cardioprotective effect of oestradiol against CVD is now controversial and was investigated in premenopausal with MS...
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide epidemic and a major public health problem and the mortality of diabetic patients is twice higher than that of with non-diabetic patients. The in-hospital outcomes in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are le...
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of Left Atrial Septal Pouch (LASP) and assess the association with Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 275 cardiac-gated CT examinations at Indiana University from January 2010 to June 2012, 160 cardi...
This paper present several signal processing tools for the analysis of heart sounds. Cardiac auscultation is noninvasive, low-cost and accurate to diagnose some heart diseases. A new module for the segmentation of heart sounds based on S-Transform is presented. The heart sound se...