Volume 32, Issue 1 (2020)
Editorial
Original Articles
Preoperative blood urea nitrogen-to-left ventricular ejection fraction ratio is an independent predictor of long-term major adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Turan Erdogan, Mustafa Çetin, Goksel Çinier, Savas Ozer, Ahmet S. Yõlmaz, Ozan Karakisi, and Tuncay Kõrõs
Left and right ventricular speckle tracking study before and after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure in children
Hala M. Agha, Islam S. Mohammed, Hassan A. Hassan, Hassan S. Abu Seif, and Ibrahim M. Abu Farag
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as a biomarker for differentiating cardiac and pulmonary disease in term neonates with respiratory distress
Azza M. Ahmed, Nagwa Abd El-Ghffar Mohamed, Enas M. Abdelhamid, Randa I. Taha, and Maha M.A. Abo-Hashish
Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts mortality in infective endocarditis
Hicaz Z. Agus, Serkan Kahraman, Cagdas Arslan, Ceren Yildirim, Mehmet Erturk, Ali K. Kalkan, and Mustafa Yildiz
Comparison between two protocols for deflation of the TR band following coronary procedures via the radial route
Hassan Al Riyami, Adil Al Riyami, and Sunil K. Nadar
The Use of Antidepressants in Patients with Heart Failure
Norah Alsumih, Rahaf Alqahtani, Faisal Almutairi, Rakan Faraj, Turki Alsubeai, Ahmed Alghanim, Shmylan Alharbi, and Hind Almodaimegh
Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion temperature on perioperative renal function in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Jayavelan Ramkumar, Girish Gopinathan, Karthick Kavin, Ramkumar Shanmugasundaram, George M. Stephen, Annie C. Pragasam, and Periyasamy Thangavel
Right Ventricular Functions in Subphenotypes of Sickle Cell Disease
Ilham Youssry, Mohamed F. Shaltout, Antoine F. AbdelMassih, Carolyne Ghobrial, Mohammad Nabih, Ramy Doss, Raghda Fouda, and Amal El-Sisi
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for post coronary artery bypass grafting: its effect on hemodynamics response and functional capacity using Incremental Shuttle walking test: a retrospective pilot analysis
Ahmad Osailan and Walid K. Abdelbasset
An observational comparison of distal radial and traditional radial approaches for coronary angiography
Anupam Bhambhani, Salil Pandey, Aditi N. Nadamani, and Kartikey Tyagi
Occurence of left main occlusion on Tuesday: Chronobiology of acute myocardial infarction
Gianluca Rigatelli and Marco Zuin
A real-life correlation between clinical syntax score II and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with stable coronary artery disease
Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby, Ozge O. Tok, Tugba K. Oz, Yehia Saleh, Ahmed Morsi, and Hiatham Badran
Safety of Returning Patients Immediately to Their Originating Hospitals After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Rahim Gul, Maksymilian P. Opolski, Mufti Akif, Mehboob A. Dar, Yasir Beshir, Haitham Sakr, Hassan Khalaf, Akram Eldesoky, Osama A. Smettei, Tariq I. Soomro, Mohammed Saied, Asim Ganawa, and Rami M. Abazid
Review Article
Impact of stent of ductus arteriosus and modified Blalock–Taussig shunt on pulmonary arteries growth and second-stage surgery in infants with ductus-dependent pulmonary circulation
Bana A. Nasser, Mesned Abdulrahman, Abdullah A.L Qwaee, Ali Alakfash, Tageldein Mohamad, and Mohamed S. Kabbani
Case Reports
Iatrogenic pulmonary artery dissection in patient with ostium secundum interatrial septum defect
Daniela Di Lisi, Giovanni D. Aquaro, Francesca Macaione, Salvatore Novo, and Giuseppina Novo
Thrombus in transit through a patent foramen ovale, an unusual cause of cardiac embolism
Carlos Minguito-Carazo, Tomas Benito-Gonzalez, Julio C. Echarte-Morales, Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Mario Castano-Ruiz, and Felipe Fernandez-Vazquez
Acute Pulmonary Embolism as an Initial Presentation of Klinefelter Syndrome: A Case Report
Ghizlane El Ouazzani, Chaimae Toutai, Ikbal Alla, Nabila Ismaili, and Noha El Ouafi
Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy in a Young Female of Unknown Etiology with Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report
Tariq Ashraf, Rashid Aziz, Amin M. Khuwaja, Syed M. Afaque, and Musa Karim
Perioperative management of Wilms’ tumor with intracardiac extension: Report of two cases with review of literature
Hayan Altwaeel, Mohamed S. Kabbani, Ahmad Al Shammari, Mohammed Al- Namshan, and Abdullah A. Alghamdi
Mitral valve replacement in dilated cardiomyopathy: A valid option?
Mohamed H. Mashali, Nashwa Badawi, and Mohammed O. Galal
Cardiac amyloidosis—an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure in the elderly
Tahir Nazir and Mahmud Nuffati
Treatment of severe mitral regurgitation that mimics a para-ring mitral regurgitation after failed annuloplasty ring with MitraClip: A case report
Hesham Abdo Naeim, Waleed Saeed, Abeer Mahmood, Lamiaa Khedr, Ramy ELRowiny, and Reda Abuelatta
