Background 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH) VitD] deficiency is a highly prevalent condition, present in approximately 30% to 50% of the general population. A growing body of data suggests that low 25(OH) VitD levels may adversely affect cardiovascular health. The present study aimed to measure the serum levels of 25(OH) Vit D in Congenital heart disease (CHD) children compared to healthy children....

Rheumatic heart disease, already a major burden in low- and middle-income countries, is becoming an emerging problem in high-income countries. Although acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease have almost been eradicated in areas with established economies, the emergence of this problem may be attributable to the migration from low-income to high-income settings. Between 2010 and 2012,...

(50 mg daily) for the past two years for organic heart disease. These medications were continued throughout this ccmrse ot hospitalization. The serum uric acid level on admission was 655 mg/100 mL Early in the anuse 04 ho@&atioq a smear of sputum positive for mywb&eria was obtained. Also, the skin test with in-ngth purified protein derivative of tuberculin was positive. On June 5, therapy with ...

THE pulmonary diffusing capacity (DL ) is a measureinent relating the flow rate of gas across the alveolo-capillary membrane to the pressure gradient. Estimation of DL is possible by a variety of teehuies.l and in recent years it has resulted in a materially improved understanding of diffuse pulmonary parenchymal disease2 and of the effect of chronic airway obstruction on the pulmonary parenchy...

Electrocardiograms have been recorded by unipolar leads from the great veins and cavities of the right heart during cardiac catheterization in 30 of 130 cases of congenital and rheumatic heart disease. These intracardiac electrograms have given information that has proved useful in diagnosis. Further, continuous monitoring on an oscilloscope of these tracings, rather than of records from surfac...

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Correspondence to: Dr Rajdeep S Khattar, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; rskhattar@ hotmail.com _________________________ T ricuspid and pulmonary valve regurgitation usually occurs as a secondary phenomenon caused by dilatation of the valve ring secondary to right ventricular failure or pulmonary hypertension, respectively. Primary dise...