Background The goal of recent study is comparison of left ventricle of handicapped weightlifters and basketball players with non-athletes people in Tehran province. Methods Subjects of the test include 24…
Background Cardiac MRI is the preferred method for determining myocardial viability. However, due to its high cost and limited availability, we describe an alternative method with acceptable accuracy to predict…
Background & Objective Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the most important and the most common complication in patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia and its cardiac involvement is the main cause of…
Background Mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE) is quite simple and an easily obtainable M-mode derived echocardiographic marker of LV longitudinal function, and has been suggested as surrogate measurement of…
Objective In prediabetic individuals, the risk of cardiovascular disease is higher than the individuals with normoglycemia. Three dimensional echocardiography (3D ECHO) has its greatest advantage in volumetric imaging and evaluating…
Background Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has a major role in detecting residual lesions during and/or after pediatric cardiac surgery. Methods All pediatric patients who underwent cardiac surgery between July 2001…
Background High-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) assays leads to improvements in the detection of myocardial injury and improved risk-stratification of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) among others. The aim of this…
Background Previous studies evidenced that increased monocyte count or activity and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were associated with more prevalent atrial fibrillation (AF) which attributed to pro-inflammatory and…
Objective The relationship between arterial stiffness (AS) and atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence is well-known. In this study we aimed to investigate the relationship between AS parameters and AF occurence and…
Objectives Left atrial diverticula (LAD) have been reported to be among the sites of extra- pulmonary vein foci in atrial fibrillation. Therefore, presence of LAD may have a role in…
