BACKGROUND The prevalence of myocarditis and cardiotropic viral infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cardiomyopathy is unknown in Africa. METHODS Between April 2002 and December 2007, we compared the prevalence of myocarditis and cardiotropic viral genomes in HIV-associated cardiomyopathy cases with HIV-negative idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patients (i.e. negative c...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to investigate at long-term follow-up the incidence of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks and of all-cause mortality in patients with ICDs with ischemic cardiomyopathy versus nonischemic cardiomyopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS ICDs were implanted in 485 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and in 299 patients with nonischemic ca...

INTRODUCTION Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is a visor complication among patients with cirrhosis of the liver, manifesting during stress, exertion, transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), or liver transplantation. Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is reported to be most common cause of post transplant mortality after rejection of 7% to 21%. AIM To determine the frequency of cirrhotic cardiomyo...

CASE REPORT A 75-yr-old gentleman, with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus and Acute Myeloid Leukemia presented to our emergency department with a chief complaint of exertional dyspnea and chest pain. A week prior to this visit, he had recieved a cycle of decitabine chemotherapy at 20 mg/metered square for ten days. This was his second cycle of decitabine. His out patient medications i...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Adriamycin though considered as an effective anticancer drug, leads to irreversible cardiomyopathy (CMP) and congestive heart failure (CHF). The aim of this study was to determine the protective effect of carvedilol in adriamycin (ADR)-induced cardiomyopathy (CMP) in cancer patients. METHODS Patients with lymphoreticular malignancy in whom ADR therapy was planned were ...

While the increased rates of survival in childhood cancers have increased progressively in recent decades, many childhood cancer survivors will have at least one chronic health condition within 40 years of age. In this regard, cardiovascular complications have emerged as a leading cause of long-term morbidity and mortality in long-term survivors of childhood cancer, likely due to exposure to an...

The pathogenesis and evolutive pattern of Chagas disease suggests that the chronic phase should be more widely treated in order to (i) eliminate Trypanosoma cruzi and prevent new inflammatory foci and the extension of tissue lesions, (ii) promote tissue regeneration to prevent fibrosis, (iii) reverse existing fibrosis, (iv) prevent cardiomyopathy, megaoesophagus and megacolon and (v) reduce or ...

background oral mucositis is an adverse effect of chemotherapy. type of chemotherapy regimen is the most important factor causing mucositis. oral mucositis is usually associated with transient decrease in saliva production. the goal was to study effects of gum consumption on oral mucositis in children undergoing chemotherapy. materials and methods this randomized controlled trial was done in am...

background: gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (gtn) is a curable disease thatinvolves the development of malignant tumor in the woman after a normal or molarpregnancy. the position of surgery in gtn is not properly specified and is changingdue to new chemotherapy protocols. however, the role of surgery is highlighted inchemotherapy-resistant gtn. other indications of surgery in trophoblastic ...

abstract ovarian tissue freezing or cryopreservation might be the only acceptable method for preserving the young women fertility, before radiotherapy or chemotherapy. this technology might be used for patients with recurrent ovarian cysts or endometriosis, without ovarian stimulation. many efforts have made to improve cryopreservation conditions that should be seriously considered for cancer p...