Thoracic Key

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…

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…

Objective Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) may require rehabilitation after intervention or surgery for heart defects. However, until today there is no published experience on the spectrum of ACHD…

Objectives The aim of the study was to compare an innovative transcatheter closure (NoC) in patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) with the standard closure (StC). Methods In this retrospective…

Purpose Given the development of left bundle branch block in many HOCM patients after Morrow myectomy, patients who develop right bundle branch block after alcohol septal ablation (ASA) have a…