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The Effect of a Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Program on the Outcomes of Mitral Valve Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Background: After approval by CMS, the use of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (TMVR) is being adopted by many centers.
Published 16 Apr, 2018
Two Interventions in Same Session in a Fontan Patient
Although the perioperative mortality after the Fontan completion has significantly decreased recently, fenestrated Fontan operation is commonly performed to decrease postoperative morbidity especially in high-risk patients.
Published 16 Apr, 2018
Massive Penetrating Aortic Ulcer of the Ascending Aorta
A penetrating aortic ulcer represents rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with penetration into the internal elastic lamina of the aorta [1].
Published 23 Feb, 2018
Vasa Vasorum and Coronary Artery Disease
Some arterial diseases reveal endothelial cell dysfunction, in which vasa vasorum play an important role.
Published 23 Feb, 2018
Sensor Art Project: A Challenging Example of a Complex Multidisciplinary Scenario From Research Laboratories to Clinical Arena
Heart Failure (HF) is a life-threatening disease and represents a global health priority [1].
Published 23 Feb, 2018
Iatrogenic Dissection of Saphenous Vein Graft Treated Successfully with Angioplasty
An 82-year-old male presented complaining of dyspnea and edema for days. He had a history of coronary artery bypass grafting in 1998.
Published 10 Nov, 2017
Mechanical Failure of an Angio-Seal Requiring Surgical Extraction
We describe a unique case of an Angio-Seal™ (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN) device mechanical malfunction with failure of the locking system and subsequent failure of retraction of the device from inside the artery.
Published 10 Nov, 2017
Prenatal First Trimester Assessment of the Heart
An efficient first trimester cardiac scan offers the possibility to terminate earlier, safer, and with less economic and emotional costs the pregnancy in cases where major fetal abnormalities are detected.
Published 15 Jun, 2017
Acute Myocardial Infarction and Accompanying Woven Coronary Anomaly
Woven coronary artery anomaly (WCAA), division of epicardial coronary artery into many long and thin channels twisting along the vessel axis course after a few centimeters to merge to form the main lumen again is a rare disorder that is not illuminated yet.
Published 19 Jun, 2017
ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Subacute Stent Thrombosis in a Young Marijuana User
A 24-year-old-male presented to our emergency room with sub sternal crushing chest pain radiating to neck and left shoulder.
Published 19 Jun, 2017
Prophylaxis of Coronary Artery Disease-More than Health
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular disease (CVD) consists of 31% of the total mortality and >80% is represented in low and middle income countries and >3 million people <60 years of age [1].
Published 01 Jun, 2017
Management of a Rare Complication of Abdominal Aortic Repair: Aorto-Enteric Fistula
Aorto-enteric fistula is an extremely rare complication after abdominal aortic repair that the diagnosis is often challenging and the management is highly difficult.
Published 29 May, 2017
Heart Transplantation in Iran, a Single Center 15 Years Registry Report, Early and Mid-term Outcomes and Survival Rate
Introduction: Heart transplantation was first performed in Iran in July 1993 in Shariati Hospital affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Published 16 May, 2017
Atherosclerosis: Caused by Mutated Old Blood Cells
It might be natural that as people are getting old, age-related somatic mutations are accumulated even in healthy individuals; however, it might be a surprise that frequency of age-related mutations in hematopoietic cells reaches almost 10% or 20% in healthy individuals older than 70 years, or 90 years, respectively [1,2].
Published 16 May, 2017
Cor Triatriatum Sinister – A Rare Finding in Older Adult
Introduction: Cor triatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which a fibro muscular membrane divides the left (sinistrum) or the right (dextrum) atria into a total of 3 chambers and hence ‘triatriatum’.
Published 16 May, 2017
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