background rheumatismal mitral stenosis is less common today than it was several decades ago, but it is a common cause of mitral stenosis (ms) in the developing world. mitral valve stenosis symptoms include fatigue, palpitations, and shortness of breath especially with exertion. objectives the purpose of this prospective study was to determine the incidence of left atrial (la) thrombus and the ...

Left ventricular global function index (LVGFI) is a novel indicator for assessing LV function, considering the main components of cardiac remodeling, obtained using magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography. Works with assessment normal LVGFI values were analyzed. The review provides data on diagnostic prognostic efficacy in various cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure, myocardi...

Thematic Units Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Basic Research Bioengineering and Medical Informatics Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Cardiomyopathies Cardiovascular Nursing Cardiovascular Pharmacology Cardiovascular Surgery Chagas Disease Echocardiography Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Prevention Heart Failure Hemodynamics Cardiovascular Interventions High Blood Pressure Ischemic Heart Disea...

Abstract Impaired myocardial function is linked to inflammatory mechanisms. Indeed, many systemic diseases are associated risk of developing heart disease. Idiopathic myopathy (IIM; here Dermato- or polymyositis) rare diseases, characterised by immune infiltration in muscle, presence autoantibodies and cytokines circulation leading weakness disability. IIM can involve extra-muscular tissues, e....

The classifications of the World Health Organization, European Society Car­-diology and American Heart Association indicate existence several pheno­types myocardial non-compaction (MnC) with specific structural func­tional abnormalities. MnC+dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) phenotype is considered one most severe variants. Disputes continue about whether to regard MnC as an independent disease or a...

Background: Thalassemic syndroms are the most common genetic disease in the world that related to blood transfusion and iron overload in the body. Cardiac complications are the leading cause of death in patients with thalassemia. Cardiovascular complications in patients largely decreases with iron chelators medications. In this study effect, complications and acceptance of iron chelator therapy...

We introduce a 28-year-old woman with Thalassemia major whose clinical assessment, including two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography demonstrated severe left ventricular hypertrophy with severe biventricular enlargement and systolic dysfunction as well as severe diastolic dysfunction. We hereby address these issues from an echocardiographic point of view.

In recent years there have been major advances in our knowledge of the regulation of iron metabolism that have had implications for understanding the pathophysiology of some human disorders like beta-thalassemia and other iron overload diseases. However, little is known about the relationship among ineffective erythropoiesis, the role of iron-regulatory genes, and tissue iron distribution in be...