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  2. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death worldwide. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and its consequences can be devastating particularly at younger age for a bigger impa...

    Authors: Ahmad Samir, Mohammed Almahjori, Basem Zarif, Mai Elshinawi, Hesham Yehia, Mohamed Elhafy, Ahmed Shehata and Azza Farrag
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:32
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  3. Right ventricle infarction (RVI) is predominantly a complication of inferior wall myocardial infarction; it occurs in approximately one third of these patients. Right ventricular dysfunction in patients with i...

    Authors: Ahmed Mahmoud El Amrawy, Shaimaa Abd ElKhalek Zaghloul, Eman Mohamed El Sharkawy and Mohamed Ahmed Sobhy
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:31
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  4. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that has a great diversity of clinical presentations and occurs mostly in young women. However, late-onset SLE does exist and seldom prese...

    Authors: I. Dewa Gde Dwi Sumajaya, I. Putu Hendri Aryadi and I. Made Eryana
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:30
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Left atrium changes are implicated in atrial fibrillation (AF) substrate and are predictive of AF outcomes. Left atrial appendage (LAA) is an integral component of left atrial structure and could be affected b...

    Authors: Konstantinos A. Papathanasiou, Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, Dimitrios Kazantzis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Sotiria G. Giotaki, Gerasimos Deftereos, Konstantinos Raisakis, Andreas Kaoukis, Dimitrios Avramides, Vaia Lambadiari, Gerasimos Siasos and Spyridon Deftereos
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:29
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is usually caused by a rupture in the atherosclerotic plaque, followed by platelet aggregation which ultimately leads to acute coronary artery occlusion. So f...

    Authors: Rozita Jalalian, Babak Bagheri, Jamshid Yazdani Charati, Shahrnaz Khalaghi, Mohammadreza Iranian and Mahsa Mohammadi
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:28
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  7. Behçet's disease BD is a rare multisystemic disease, with rare cardiac involvement. This case illustrates a rare cardiac involvement as a giant intracavitary thrombus which was the revealing form of Behçet dis...

    Authors: Anass A. Maaroufi, Sara S. Abouradi, Salah S. Hayar and Abdenacer A. Drighil
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:27
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. Aortic stenosis (AS) is a progressive disease, with no pharmacological treatment. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among AS patients is higher than in the general population. DM significantly increases...

    Authors: Pranay Wal, Shruti Rathore, Namra Aziz, Yash Kumar Singh and Arpit Gupta
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:26
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Elevated resting heart rate (HR) predicts poor outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. Ivabradine has been recommended as a second-line anti-anginal agent in chronic coronary syndrome, while there a...

    Authors: Bryan Richard Sasmita, Siyuan Xie, Gang Liu, Yuansong Zhu, Suxin Luo and Bi Huang
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. In normal circumstances, AT secretes anti-inflammatory adipokines (AAKs) which regulates lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity, vascular hemostasis, and angiogenesis. However, during obesity AT dysfunction occ...

    Authors: Probin Kr Roy, Johirul Islam and Hauzel Lalhlenmawia
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:24
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. The occurrence of major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) is infrequent in patients with D-transposition of great arteries (D-TGA) with intact ventricular septum (IVS). Hemodynamically significant MA...

    Authors: Gaser Abdelmohsen, Naif AlKhushi, Abdullah Alassiri and Osman Al-Radi
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:23
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  12. Despite the spontaneous regression of many cases of coronary artery fistulas (CAFs), symptomatic patients or cases with severe shunting may require therapeutic interventions. In the present study, we aimed to ...

    Authors: Avisa Tabib, Hojjat Mortezaeian, Mohammad Mahdavi, Yasaman Khalili, Nikolaus A. Haas and Sepideh Mohammadhoseini
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:22
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  13. Cardiotoxicity is a major concern following doxorubicin (DOX) use in the treatment of malignancies. We aimed to investigate whether deferoxamine (DFO) can prevent acute cardiotoxicity in children with cancer w...

    Authors: Kosar Rahimi, Hamid Amoozgar, Soheila Zareifar, Mahdi Shahriari, Omid Reza Zekavat, Mehran Karimi, Gholamreza Fathpour, Fazl Saleh, Nader Shakibazad, Shayan Bordbar and Mohammadreza Bordbar
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:21
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  15. Low cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with poor prognosis in individuals with coronary artery disease and after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Thus, we comment about a meta-analysis that adds i...

    Authors: Caroline Oliveira Gois, Lino Sergio Rocha Conceição, Alana Lalucha de Andrade Guimarães and Vitor Oliveira Carvalho
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:19
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:67

  16. Authors: Ahmed Bendary, Mahmoud Hassanein, Mohamed Bendary, Ahmed Smman, Ahmed Hassanin and Mostafa Elwany
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:18
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:16

  17. Hemolysis after Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) device closure is rare. Although in most cases, hemolysis settles on its own; however, in some cases it may not settle spontaneously and may require additional pr...

    Authors: Aamir Rashid, Ajaz Lone, Hilal Rather and Imran Hafeez
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:17
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. Knowledge of the frequency of precipitating factors for acute heart failure (AHF) is important (either new-onset heart failure [NOHF] or worsening heart failure [WHF]), as this can guide strategies for prevent...

    Authors: Ahmed Bendary, Mahmoud Hassanein, Mohamed Bendary, Ahmed Smman, Ahmed Hassanin and Mostafa Elwany
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:18

  19. A double-chambered left ventricle (DCLV) is an extremely rare congenital malformation. The exact prevalence of DCLV is not known, although studies have reported prevalence of 0.04–0.42%. This abnormality is ch...

    Authors: Sheema Saadia, Aiysha Nasir and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:15
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:20

  20. Research on cardiovascular treatment options and prognosis in very old age groups of patients is warranted. In our study, we evaluated and followed up on clinical conditions on admission and comorbidities of p...

    Authors: Bedrettin Boyraz, Tezcan Peker, Alkame Akgümüş and Ahmet Balun
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:14
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  21. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death in patients with renal diseases. Cardiac arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death are particularly important, and the burden is higher in patients on h...

    Authors: Hesham Yehia, Ghada Youssef, Mona Gamil, Mahmoud Elsaeed and Khaled M. Sadek
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:13
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  22. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is a promising noninvasive physiotherapeutic approach that has been demonstrated to improve cardiac performance. This study aimed to assess the impact of low-level laser therapy ...

    Authors: Mahmoud Abdulbasser Sayed, Rania M. El-Sherif, Amira Ismail, Ahmed Essam Abou Warda, Amany R. Mohamed and Ahmed A. El-Sherif
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:12
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  23. Trastuzumab and trastuzumab emtansine are specific antibody and antibody–drug conjugates used in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive metastatic breast cancer. The aim of t...

    Authors: Rea Levicki, Martina Lovrić Benčić, Irena Ivanac Vranešić, Lada Bradić, Marta Begovac, Juraj Jug and Natalija Dedić Plavetić
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:11
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  24. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is still a major concern in preterm infants and adequate screening methods for secondary right ventricle (RV) failure are needed. Early detection could be aided by taking measu...

    Authors: Marcos Clavero-Adell, Daniel Palanca-Arias, Marta López-Ramón, Lorenzo Jimenez-Montañés, Itziar Serrano-Viñuales, Segundo Rite-Gracia and Ariadna Ayerza-Casas
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:10
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  25. Tetralogy of Fallot is a severe type of congenital heart disease (CHD) and one of the leading indirect causes of mortality & morbidity among women with CHD. We came across a rare case of an uncorrected Tetralo...

    Authors: Surekha Thakur, Neha Rawat, Bharti Sharma, Pooja Sikka, Neeti Dogra, Neelam Aggarwal, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Vijayvergiya and Atit A. Gawalkar
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:9
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  26. Despite the recent progress made in drug-eluting stents (DESs), in-stent restenosis (ISR) is still a common complication of percutaneous coronary interventions. This retrospective study from a single center ai...

    Authors: Mohamed Aymen Ben Abdessalem, Anis Ghariani, Ahmed Fekih Romdhane, Fatma Ichrmad, Zied Ben Ameur, Wassim Saoudi, Hatem Bouraoui, Abdallah Mahdhaoui and Samia Ernez Hajri
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:8
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  27. Sepsis is a leading cause of death and it is characterized not only by profound vasoplegia but also by myocardial dysfunction. Critical care echocardiography is the preferred modality for the initial assessmen...

    Authors: Luigi La Via, Federica Merola, Giovanni Schembari, Calogero Liotta and Filippo Sanfilippo
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:7
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  28. Infective endocarditis remains a serious condition. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may complicate the clinical course of infective endocarditis or occur postoperatively.

    Authors: Chighaly El Hadj Sidi, Varha Isselmou, Mohamed Feissal Mohamed Ahmed, El Hadj Abdelaziz Diop, Taleb Ekhyar Argueina, Haimouda Mady and Khaled Boye
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  29. For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), early reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) or thrombolytic treatment is essential to prevent major adverse cardiac ev...

    Authors: Amr Kamal, Amr Zaki, Ahmed Abdelaaty and Moustafa Madkour
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:5
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  30. Mavacamten, an allosteric myosin inhibitor, is considered to be a promising drug for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This meta-analysis aimed to explore the safety and efficacy of mavacamte...

    Authors: Mehrdad Rabiee Rad, Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi and Danial Habibi
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are a group with an increased risk of thromboembolic complications and arrhythmias. Vitamin K antagonists are the most commonly used thromboprophylaxis therapy in th...

    Authors: Daniel Samarai, Nazim Isma, Sandra Lindstedt and Joanna Hlebowicz
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:3
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  32. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic effects of stroke risk scores (SRS), SYNTAX score (SX score), and PRECISE-DAPT score on mortality in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). T...

    Authors: Gökhan Alıcı, Ömer Genç, Örsan Deniz Urgun, Tayfur Erdoğdu, Abdullah Yıldırım, Alaa Quisi and İbrahim Halil Kurt
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2023 75:2
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  35. The most prevalent illness among the elderly is coronary artery disease (CAD), and most of this population present with multi-vessel CAD which constitutes a common management difficulty among elderly people. T...

    Authors: Amr Kamal, Abdel Megeid Kandil, Mohamed Sadaka and Basem Ramadan
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:86
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  36. Telerehabilitation enables patients to communicate with physicians through the Internet and may be utilized to evaluate patients’ conditions and offer treatment plans. This method became necessary as a result ...

    Authors: Hady Atef, Marwa Gaber and Bassem Zarif
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:85
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. It is known that cardiovascular events (CVE) occur more often in winter than in summer. However, dependence of myocardial infarction (MI) risk of on various meteorological factors is still not fully understood...

    Authors: Nataliya V. Kuzmenko, Vitaliy A. Tsyrlin, Mikhail G. Pliss and Mikhail M. Galagudza
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:84
    Content type: Review Published on:

  38. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an under-diagnosed autosomal co-dominant genetic disorder characterized by very high plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), premature coronary arter...

    Authors: Prakash Kumar, Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Anushil Anand, Rajneesh Kumar and Sajalendu Ghosh
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:83
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rare disease entity characterized by acute, non-ischemic, reversible myocardial dysfunction that mimics acute myocardial infarction. Activation and excessive outflow of symp...

    Authors: Akash Batta, Amit Kumar Gupta, Gautam Singal, Bishav Mohan, Sushil Kumar, Bhavuk Jaiswal, Juniali Hatwal, Rohit Tandon, Gurbhej Singh, Abhishek Goyal, Bhupinder Singh, Naveen Mittal, Shibba Takkar Chhabra, Naved Aslam and Gurpreet Singh Wander
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:82
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  40. Inflammatory rheumatic diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and systemic sclerosis (SSc), can cause cardiovascular complications in many cases. This study aimed to...

    Authors: Somayyeh Norouzi, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Mansoor Namazi, Somaye Sadat Rezaei, Amir Hossein Behnoush and Maryam Masoumi
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:81
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  43. In recent years, attention has shifted to the role of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in prediction of clinical outcome among patients with septic shock. However, very few studies have correlated RV dysfunc...

    Authors: Ahmed Bendary, Hany Said, Metwally Elemary and Mohamed Mahrous
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:78
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  44. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been continuously increasing, and this trend is projected to continue. CVD is rapidly becoming a significant public health issue. Every year there is a spike ...

    Authors: Sreenu Thupakula, Shiva Shankar Reddy Nimmala, Haritha Ravula, Sudhakar Chekuri and Raju Padiya
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:77
    Content type: Review Published on:

  45. Despite the improved medical and surgical managements, still there is a significant risk of developing acute cerebrovascular strokes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Our objectives were to study t...

    Authors: Mohamed Laimoud, Mary Maghirang, Mosleh Alanazi, Shatha M. Al-Mutlaq, Suha A. Althibait, Boshra Alanazi, Munirah Alomran and Zohair Al Halees
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:76
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    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:79

  46. The optimum age of Fontan completion remains unknown. Currently, the majority of centers worldwide are performing Fontan completion at 2–4 years of age. In Indonesia, lack of awareness and limited resources pr...

    Authors: Ruth Grace Aurora, Radityo Prakoso, Dicky Fakhri, Indriwanto Sakidjan, Sisca Natalia Siagian, Prima Almazini and Oktavia Lilyasari
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:75
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  47. Cardiac sarcoidosis, often manifested as sudden death, can be the first manifestation of sarcoidosis. Since 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is recommended as an initial screening tool for cardiac sarcoidosis, ...

    Authors: Amal Paul, Akhil Paul, Immanuel Subhash, Bijesh Yadav, John Roshan Jacob, D. J. Christopher and T. Balamugesh
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:74
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  49. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a non-ischemic syndrome characterized by transient acute left ventricular dysfunction as evident on transthoracic echocardiography. It can often mimic myocardial ischemia and ...

    Authors: Lindsey C. Clark, Arjun Khunger and Walif Aji
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:72
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  50. Endothelial dysfunction and no-reflow share microcirculatory obstruction as a common pathophysiological mechanism. This study evaluated the relationship between systemic peripheral endothelial dysfunction asse...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdel Wahab Elbendary, Mohamed Ayman Saleh, Sameh Saleh Sabet and Islam Bastawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Heart Journal 2022 74:70
    Content type: Research Published on:
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