The Egyptian Heart Journal

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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
Role of deformation imaging in left ventricular non-compaction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an Indian perspective

Authors: A. J. Ashwal, Sudhakar Rao Mugula, Jyothi Samanth, Ganesh Paramasivam, Krishnananda Nayak and R. Padmakumar

Content type: Research

22 January 2020
Gender differences in clinical features and complications of infective endocarditis: 11-year experience of a single institute in Egypt

Authors: Ahmed Adel Elamragy, Marwa Sayed Meshaal, Amani Ali El-Kholy and Hussein Hassan Rizk

Content type: Research

21 January 2020
Cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of aortic distensibility in prediabetic patients

Authors: Nady A. Razik, Y. T. Kishk, Madeeha Younis Bakheet, Mina Nous and Mohamed Abdel Ghany

Content type: Research

21 January 2020
Testing Real-World Application of Appropriateness Criteria of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) In Two Egyptian Hospitals

Authors: Adham Abdeltawab, Hazem Mansour and Mona Rayan

Content type: Research

10 January 2020

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
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
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
Comorbid CAD and ventricular hypertrophy compromise the perfusion of myocardial tissue at subcritical stenosis of epicardial coronaries

Authors: Eslam Abbas

Content type: Research

5 August 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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