Pericardial effusion in children is caused by bacterial and viral infections, connective tissue disease, metabolic disorders and malignancies. Pericardial effusion have a broad range of clinical manifestations. Acute tamponade is…
Aim Behçet’s disease is chronic inflammatory disease which is associated with ulceration or inflammatory infiltration of various types of mucosal or visceral tissues. Since it is a multi-system disorder involvement…
A 67-year-old-man was admitted to cardiology department with typically chest pain. Physical examination was unremarkable and there were non spesific ST-T wave changes on electrocardiogram(ECG). Transthoracic echocardiogram of the patient…
Achalasia is characterized by primary motility disorder of esophageal body and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) involving absence of progressive peristalsis in the esophageal body and abnormal relaxations of the LES….
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of congenital heart disease through the neonates who were been performed transthorasic echocardiography. We evaluate retrospectively a total of 3715…
Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart in adults. It is originated from mesenchymal cells of the septal endocardium, typically pedunculated with a stalk generally attaches to…
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate relation between Diet Quality Index (DQI) and left ventricular myocardial performance index (LV MPI). Methods This study was performed among 242…
Pulmonary embolism (PE), frequently encountered as a cardiogenic shock and reversible right-sided heart failure following the obstruction of pulmonary artery and its branches mostly by trombus is a fatal disease…
20 years old male patient admitted to our cardiology clinic with stabbing chest pain at a localized point for severeal years. He was just recruited to army and was offered…
Introduction Hypothyroidism is a condition characterized by a lack of thyroid hormone and effect the whole organs and systems. Also hypothyroidisim causes pathological changes on cardiyovascular system. Purpose We aimed…
