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Objective Hypereosinophilia, marked increase of eosinophil count up to 1.5×103/μL; may be complicated with tissue injuries due to vasculitis or thrombosis. Since eosinophils have granules with highly potent proinflammtory and…

Introduction 26 years old female patient known history of Down syndrome and eisenmenger syndrome was referred to our clinic fever, fatigue and new onset dyspnea and edema. Patient s vital…

Objective Echocardiographic speckle tracking or two-dimensional (2D) strain analysis is a new tool to assess myocardial function. The aim of this study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) function using…

Objective Multidetector coronary computed tomography (MDCT) angiography has been used increasingly for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Gensini score is used for determining of atherosclerotic burden. The aim was…

Primary pericardial angiosarcoma is extremely rare tumour with a poor prognosis which is tend to metastasis.The patients usually refer to the cardiology department with the complaints of dyspnea ,angina, exercise…

Introduction Unroofed coronary sinus (UCS) is an infrequent congenital cardiac anomaly, in which partial or complete deficiency of the roof of the coronary sinus might result in a communication between…

Unicuspid aortic valve(UAV) is a rare congenital cardiac valvular anomaly with an estimated prevalence of 0.02 % in adult patients undergoing transthoracic echocardiographical(TTE) evaluation. It is usually misdiagnosed as bicuspid…