Percutaneous coronary angioplasty is increasingly employed in the treatment of patients
with complex coronary artery disease. Different steerable guide wires used to open occluded …

Troponins are regulatory proteins that form the cornerstone of muscle contraction. The
amino acid sequences of cardiac troponins differentiate them from that of skeletal muscles, …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected health care systems. Patients in
need of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are especially susceptible to treatment …

Functional mitral regurgitation is a significant complication of end-stage cardiomyopathy.
Dysfunction of one or more components of the mitral valve apparatus occurs in 39–74% and …

Traumatic fat embolism syndrome occurs most often following fractures of long bones
sustained in road traffic accidents and is a common cause of medical consultation from the …

… Cardiac enzymes showed a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of 10480 u/l and a creatine
phosphokinase (CPK) of 288 u/l with normal creatine kinase isoenzyme containing M and B …

Entrapment and detachment of guidewire fractures during percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) are very rare, but can lead to life‐threatening complications such as embolization, …

Heart failure affects millions of patients all over the world, and its treatment is a major clinical
challenge. Cardiac dyssynchrony is common among patients with advanced heart failure. …

Background: There is no evidence that the use of contrast media (CM) in diabetic patients
with serum creatinine< 130 μmole/L leads to metformin accumulation and subsequent lactic …

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a critical cardiovascular event due to its associated
complications and mortality. The pathogenesis of AMI is complex and usually an array of …