Background— Pregnant women with a mechanical heart valve (MHV) are at a heightened
risk of a thrombotic event, and their absolute need for adequate anticoagulation puts them at …

Methods We prospectively studied 465 outpatients with heart disease who were fasting
during the month of Ramadan from October 24 to November 24, 2003. These studied subjects …

Purpose Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most common form of diabetes with clinical
consequences giving rise to chronic multiple organ complications. Methylenetetrahydrofolate …

The crista terminalis is a normal anatomical structure within the right atrium that is not
normally visualised in the standard views obtained while performing a transthoracic …

The raging COVID-19 pandemic is in its third year of global impact. The SARS CoV 2 virus
has a high rate of spread, protean manifestations, and a high morbidity and mortality in …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly heterogeneous disease regarding
severity, vulnerability to infection due to comorbidities, and treatment approaches. The …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and a challenging clinical
problem encountered in daily clinical practice. There is an increasing body of evidence linking …

Aims The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics, management,
and outcomes of acute heart failure ( HF ) patients from the Gulf acute heart failure registry (Gulf …

Background The factors influencing three major outcomes–death, stroke/systemic embolism
(SE), and major bleeding–have not been investigated in a large international cohort of …

Background The purpose of this study was to report the prevalence and the significance of
clinically recognized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during acute coronary …