Background Percutaneous closure is now considered the treatment of choice used to treat patients with atrial septal defect (ASD). We aimed to investigate interatrial mechanical delay and holter findings before…
Objectives Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the commonest cyanotic congenital heart disease. Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) has been rarely documented in a patient of TOF. We report a 14 year…
Introduction We studied children with chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) due to rheumatic fever (RMR) or mitral valve prolapse (MVP) using echocardiographic parameters and their relation to serum NT-ProBNP levels and…
Objective Although atrial thrombuses are not very common, atrial masses may represent as tumors or thrombus in the heart. Masses that totally fill the atrium cause life threatening conditions if…
Introduction We investigated aortic elasticity and flow mediated dilation (FMD) of brachial artery in children with bicuspid aorta and the effect of valve morphology on aortic elasticity. Methods The study…
Mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa is a thin and translucent junctional zone between mitral and aortic valve annulus. Aortic regurgitation jet flow or infection of this tissue may result in fistula or…
Objective Ring annuloplasty is the essential part of a mitral valve repair. Medtronic profile 3D annuloplasty rings are used to perform this procedure in recent years with very limited side…
Objective The burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be a major contributor morbidity and premature death in a poor and developing countries. In rheumatic heart disease, the mitral valve…
Vitamin B12 is required components in the metabolism of homocysteine (Hcy). Deficiency of vitamin B 12 has been implicated in endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease via Hyperhomocysteinemia. However, the association…
