The clinical syndrome of heart failure is the final pathway for a myriad of diseases that affect
the heart, and is a leading and growing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Evidence…

Background One important cardiovascular morbidity that is associated with obesity hypoventilation
syndrome (OHS) is the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, few …

Background Depression is a severe comorbidity that is often detected in patients with chronic
diseases. Poor prognosis may eventuate high mortality risk. Up to 30% of heart failure …

Background Saudi Arabia has a non-Saudi workers population. We investigated the
differences and similarities of expatriate non-Saudi patients (NS) and Saudi nationals (SN) …

Background: Resistance to anti-platelet therapy whether defined by the laboratory detection
of platelet function or the recurrence of cardiovascular events, has received extensive …

Congestive heart failure is an uncommon complication of pregnancy with potentially life-threatening
consequences. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease of unknown cause …

Objectives Many patients undergoing antiplatelet therapy continue to experience thrombotic
events and failure of therapy leading to so-called ‘resistance’ to antiplatelet therapy. …

Table 1 Demographic and sleep characteristics of all participants and comparisons between
patients with low and high pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) All (n= 77) High SPAP (n= 53)(…

… Dr Hossam El Deen Moustafa Saleh reports personal fees from Mecca medical center
hospital during the conduct of the study. Dr Khedr Abdulaal Mahmoud reports personal fees from …

… Hossam El Deen Moustafa Saleh reports personal fees from Mecca medical center hospital
during the con-duct of the study. Dr. Khedr Abdulaal Mahmoud reports personal fees from …