Aim The association between overt hypothyroidism and coronary artery disease has been often observed in many studies. Less evident is the data on asymptomatic hypothyroidism without clinical manifestations and with…
Objective Takayashu arteritis is a chronic granulomatous large vessel vasculitis that affects the aorta and its main branches leading to a thickening of the arterial wall and may result in…
Aim Aortic aneurysm (AA) and its relevant clinical and anatomic features are recently focused among worldwide. AA has the clinical potential to progress and to rupture unless it was diagnosed…
Introduction Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is thought to be progressive; standard treatment protocols call for instituting/instructing a low fat/low cholesterol diet program, exercise, and lipid lowering agents in an effort…
Objective Patients with the coronary slow flow phenomenon frequently experience angina episodes. Given the underlying etiology of microvascular dysfunction in slow flow, anti-angina medications like nicorandil with vasodilatory effects on…
Objectives There is accumulating evidence that inflammation plays a major role in the development of the slow coronary flow (CSF) phenomenon. In this study, we aimed to study the new…
Objective Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) is a novel coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factor, but its use as an independant factor for CAD risk prediction remains unclear in Asian population. Understanding the…
Preliminary clinical studies of testosterone therapy in male patients with coronary artery disease raised promising results. However, there is no study on in vitro effects of testosterone in human isolated…
Introduction Pediatric cardiac catheterization is an invasive diagnostic and therapeutic (interventional) method in which catheter enters the heart chambers and blood vessels. Aim The aim was to display pediatric catheterizations…
Objective The objective of this study is to provide an account of children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as seen in a country of Kosova, analyzing the data from 43 patients, registered…
