Purpose: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (EBCR) has been demonstrated to improve
functional capacity in heart failure (HF). However, there are limited data on the effect of …

Ischemia/reperfusion injury adversely affects the final infarct size (IS) after primary percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (…

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of giardiasis in primary school children in Damascus
city and the countryside, and to investigate the possible risk factors for giardiasis infection. …

Lithium is the drug of choice for bipolar disorder and has been in use for more than 50 years.
Lithium is known to cause cardiac toxicity in humans including conduction disturbances, …

Background There is limited data on impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on graft occlusion rates
after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We sought to evaluate the association of …

Background There is limited data on the impact of non-apical right ventricular (RV) lead
placement on left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling and ventricular dys-synchrony during …

Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a breakthrough treatment option
for inoperable or high surgical risk patients with symptomatic, severe aortic valve disease. …

Background Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has become the standard method of assessing
the physiological severity of intermediate coronary artery stenosis. It requires maximum …

Background Radial access has become the preferred access in coronary angiography. Radial
artery spasm (RAS) remains a challenge in some of these cases resulting in transfemoral …

Background Embolic protection devices (EPD) have been shown to be effective in reducing
major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) after saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention …