Current Issue March 2012, Vol. 64, No. 1

Issue Highlights

Clinical Research

Usefulness of atropine in patients with chronotropic incompetence and poor exercise capacity during treadmill stress testing
March 2012(Vol. 64 | No. 1 | Pages 1-6)
Mervat M. Khalaf, Ehab Ahmed Mohamed Taha, Gamal Hamed, Sherif Sabri

Cardiomyopathy / Heart Failure

Effect of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) on left ventricular function in normotensive type 1 diabetic patients: A study by pulsed wave tissue Doppler echocardiography
March 2012(Vol. 64 | No. 1 | Pages 7-13)
Mohamed Ghonem, Ahmed A. Wafa, Azza Al Biomy

Short term statin treatment in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
March 2012(Vol. 64 | No. 1 | Pages 15-20)
Omar Awwad, Sherif S. El-Zahwy, Ahmed Shawky, Sameh Attia

Articles in Press

Cystatin-C as a predictor for major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute coronary syndrome
14 May 2012
Osama Tayeh, Amal Rizk, Ahmed Mowafy, Sally Salah, Khald Gabr
Abstract: Cystatin-C (CYS-C) has emerged as a highly sensitive marker of even a mildly impaired glomerular filtration rate. Experimental studies have suggested that its inhibitory effects on cysteine ...
Acute myocardial perfusion imaging – A useful tool for evaluation of therapeutic modalities & a predictor of urgent need for revascularization in acute coronary syndromes
11 May 2012
Akram Abdelbary, Alia Abdelfattah, Wael Sami, Osama Tayeh, Ashraf Hussein, Lamia Hamed, Adel Allam, Mohamed Khaled, Sherif Mokhtar
Abstract: We have been evaluating different therapeutic modalities using acute MPI, & we aimed at the use of acute MPI as a predictor of patients in need for urgent revascularization. Methods: A t...
Diagnostic value of dobutamine stress Doppler tissue imaging in diabetic patients with suspected coronary artery disease
09 May 2012
Mohamed Fahmy Elnoamany, Hala Mahfouz Badran, Tarek Salah Khalil, Abdalla Mostafa Kamal, Amany Ragab Serag, Rehab Ebraheem Yaseen
Abstract: Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is often silent in diabetic patients, and it is typically in advanced stages of development by the time it manifests. Various forms of stress testin...
Correlation between ankle brachial index, carotid intima media thickness and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients on maintenance hemodialysis
07 May 2012
Hayam A. Hebah, Khaled A. Fouad
Abstract: Introduction: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a major cardiovascular risk factor in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). The aim of our study is to find correlation between ankle...
Almanac 2011: Valvular heart disease. The national society journals present selected research that has driven recent advances in clinical cardiology
16 April 2012
Raphael Rosenhek
Abstract: With an ageing population and improved diagnostic modalities, the number of patients with valvular heart disease is dramatically increasing. We are faced with more complex decisions in patie...