Objective Renal function and aortic stiffness have significant interaction and even valid in patients with normal or mildly impaired renal function. Several modalities such as distensibility coefficient, augmentation index and…
Objective Accurate assessment of atrial septal defect (ASD) size, length and relationship of the ASD to surrounding cardiac structures is essential for successful closure of ASD. Appropriate device selection is…
Objective Cardiovascular diseases are substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. The main cause of myocardial ischemia is coronary artery disease (CAD). Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) using single-photon emission computed tomography…
Objective Oxidative stress is associated with cardiovascular diseases and pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is independently associated with the risk of developing vascular events. PTX3 deficiency is associated with increased inflammation, cardiac…
Background In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) cardiac fibrosis is an important contributor of adverse left ventricular (LV) remodelling and arrhythmias. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a novel marker of cardiac fibrosis and inflamation….
Deterioration of left and right atrial strain is remarkable in patients with prolonged duration of ankylosing spondilitis. Purpose Ankylosing spondilitis (AS) is chronic inflammatory disease characterized with fibrosis of collagenous…
Objective The neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a new predictor for cardiovascular risk and mortality. We investigate association between myocardial perfusion imaging findings that has been validated as a powerful…
Objectives Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) is a well-established method for diagnosis and managment of coronary artery disease (CAD). But equivocal results due to attenuation artifacts, technical or patient characteristics are…
Aim Determining left ventricle (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is clinically important for the diagnosis of congestive heart failure and also its follow up. Determination of LVEF by using Simpson method…
Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterised by hormonal and metabolic abnormalities, and is thought to increase cardiovascular disease risk. This study used speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) to evaluate left…
