The Egyptian Heart Journal

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Association of particles of lipoprotein subclasses with arterial stiffness in a high-risk working population: the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study (BEHHS)

Authors: Muhammad Aziz, Swetha Gannarapu, Choudhry Humayun, Usman Siddiqui, Khurram Nasir and Ehimen C. Aneni

Content type: Research

19 March 2020
Report of five cases: sandwich repair for post infarction ventricular septal rupture with right ventricular approach

Authors: Shahyad Salehi-ardebili, Hamid Mehdizade and Behnam Askari

Content type: Case Report

16 March 2020
Adherence to antihypertensive fixed-dose combination among Egyptian patients presenting with essential hypertension

Authors: Mahmoud Hassanein

Content type: Research

5 March 2020
Once versus twice daily antihypertensive medications for the control of nocturnal blood pressure: a comparative study

Authors: Ghada Youssef, Sherif Nagy, Ahmed El-gengehe, Magdy Abdel Hamid and Amr Abdel Aal

Content type: Research

4 March 2020
Effect of direct-acting antivirals on corrected QT interval and cardiac functions in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Authors: Mohamed Gamal Ibrahim, Ahmed Abdelrahman Sharafeldin, Nevine Ibrahim Mousa, Tarek Khairy Mousa and Ahmed Mohamed El Missiri

Content type: Research

7 February 2020

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as independent predictors of outcome in infective endocarditis (IE)

Authors: Marwa Sayed Meshaal, Abdo Nagi, Ahmed Eldamaty, Wae’el Elnaggar, Mervat Gaber and Hussien Rizk

Content type: Research

18 September 2019
The persistent effect of acute psychosocial stress on heart rate variability

Authors: Alireza Mohammadi, Asgar Emamgoli, Marjan Shirinkalam, Golam Hossein Meftahi, Keyvan Yagoobi and Boshra Hatef

Content type: Research

11 September 2019
Transradial approach for coronary angiography and percutaneos coronary intervention: personal experience

Authors: Jaafar Sadeq Aldoori and Ali Ibrahem Mohammed

Content type: Research

5 September 2019
Incidence and predictors of radial artery occlusion after transradial coronary catheterization

Authors: Mohamed A. Sadaka, Waleed Etman, Walid Ahmed, Saeed Kandil and Salah Eltahan

Content type: Research

5 September 2019
A rare presentation of Austrian syndrome with septic arthritis in an immunocompetent female

Authors: Ayman Battisha, Bader Madoukh, Ahmed Altibi and Omar Sheikh

Content type: Case Report

9 September 2019

About the Society

The Egyptian Heart Journal is the official journal of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology (EgSC). The society was founded in 1951 by Professor Mohamed Ibrahim and is a non-profit organisation. The EgSC comprises 17 working groups; they all work actively to ensure the best updated practice in all subspecialties. The society organizes the prestigious annual international congress [CardioEgypt] where cardiologists from countries across the world come together to share and exchange experiences in the field. It has over 3,000 members and works with different societies all over the world.

Aims and scope

The Egyptian Heart Journal is the official journal of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology. It is an international journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of cardiovascular disease, including original clinical studies and translational investigations. The journal publishes research, review articles, case reports and commentary articles, as well as editorials interpreting and commenting on the research presented. In addition, it provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine, including educational issues.

About the Editors

Mahmoud Hassanein, Editor-in-Chief

Professor Mahmoud Hassanein graduated from the School of Medicine, Alexandria University in November 1976. In 1987, he was granted a PhD degree in cardiology and angiology and appointed as a lecturer in Cardiology at Alexandria University. In 1997, he became a full Professor of Cardiology at the university. Professor Hassanein is a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. His primary field of research is in the domain of heart failure.

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Hala Mahfouz Badran, Editor-in-Chief

Hala Mahfouz Badran is a Professor of Cardiology at Menoufia University and is the Chairman of Egyptian Working Group of Echocardiography (EEWG). She is the Director of Yacoub Research Unit at Menoufia University and is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). Professor Hala has been a member of the European Society of Cardiology since 2007 and a member of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) since 2006. In addition, she is also a member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and has been a reviewer for the Egyptian Universities Promotion Committee (EUPC) Cardiology Division.

Professor Hala has been a member of the Egyptian Universities Promotion Committee Board, Head of the Cardiology Department at Menoufia University and a Fellow of Cardiology at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, USA. She has also acted as a reviewer in over 12 international journals.

About the Society

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