Objective Obesity and overweight are well known risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD),
and are expected to be increasing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) particularly …

Despite relatively lower prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Asians (~1%) than in Caucasians
(~2%), Asia has a much higher overall disease burden because of its proportionally …

Twenty-five pregnant women with symptomatic mitral valve stenosis (mean valve area, 1.1 ±
0.25 cm 2 ) were managed by initiation or modification of β-adrenergic receptor blockade …

Objectives: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major public health problem worldwide. To
our knowledge, there is no national data available from community based studies on …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of hypertension among Saudis of both gender,
between the ages of 30-70 years in rural as well as urban communities. his work is part of a …

Objective This study aims at characterizing the hemostatic changes, in a large cohort of
Saudi Arab patients with acute coronary syndromes. Methods We consecutively enrolled 389 …

Objective To assess physical activity levels among Saudi adults, and to examine the relationships
of physical activity with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and obesity …

Objectives Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a well-established risk factor for the development of
coronary artery disease (CAD). We designed this study to obtain the prevalence of MS and …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of hyperlipidemia among Saudis of both genders
in rural and urban communities. Methods: Selected Saudis in the age group of 30-70 years …

Background MitraClip therapy (MCT) is becoming more popular to treat mitral regurgitation (MR)
in high‐risk patients. It is, however, expanding to lower risk patients with the idea that …