Protective Effect of Dietary N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Myocardial Resistance to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats

1Sabrina Zeghichi-Hamri 1Bejaia University, Bejaia, Algeria Background: SProspective studies of the epidemiology of chronic diseases have shown that mortality from these diseases differ greatly among populations and that at least some of the differences are associated with differences in dietary habits. Mediterranean populations, for instance, are protected from coronary heart disease (CHD) and certain cancers,…

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Atrial Fibrillation independently predicts In-hospital Mortality in Critically ill COVID-19 Patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

1Kashif Bin Naeem, 1Omar Tayseer Al Ali, 1Abdalla Alhajiri, 1Najiba Abdulrazzaq 1Al Kuwait Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Background: Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has placed a growing burden on the healthcare system worldwide and resulted in significant morbidities with more than 3 million reported mortalities by May 2021 (1). One of the major cardiovascular…

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Impact of Inhibition of PCSK-9 among Renal Transplant Recipients with High Cardiovascular Risk

1Osama Gheith, 1Torki Al-Otaibi, 1Ayman M Nagib, 1Hasaneen Aboatya, 1Medhat A Halim, 1Tarek Said, 1Mohamed Emam, 1Mohamed Mostafa, 1Zakaria El-Sayed, 1Prasad Nair 1OTC, Kuwait; 2MUNC, Mansoura, Egypt Introduction: Monoclonal antibodies inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type A(PCSK-9) have emerged as one of the new cholesterol-lowering agents. It is not evaluated among renal transplant recipients despite its…

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What Modifiable Risk Factors are Associated with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in End Stage Renal Failure

1Rajkumar Rajendram, 1Sara K. Alrasheed, 1Mariam Alkhaldi, 2Mohammed Alqahtani 1Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity…

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Acyanotic Taussing-Bing Heart

1Ramachandran Muthiah 1Morning Star Hospital, Marthandam, India Introduction: A 14-year old acyanotic boy, presented with severe left-sided AV valve regurgitation and bradycardia. ECG revealed left sided morphologic right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) as evidenced by a loss of septal Q waves in left precordial leads, suggesting ventricular inversion and a congenital high grade AV block Material(s)…

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A Multicenter Prospective Hospital-Based Cohort Study on the Efficacy and Safety of Pitavastatin

1Shehab A, 2Elnour Aa, 1Bhagavathula As, 3Kurian Jp, 4Hassan G, 5Alzaabi S, 6Gilbert H, 7Al-Rasadi K, 2Azza Ramadan 1Department of Internal Medicine,  College of Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; 2Al Ain University, Clinical Pharmacy Program, Pharmacy College, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 3Department of Cardiology; Lifeline Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United…

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Determination of Oxidant/Antioxidant Status in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

1Bouanane Samira, 2Soufi-Taleb Bendiab Nabila, 1Merzouk Hafida, 1Baba Ahmed Fatema Zohra, 1Bereksi Reguig Selma 1Laboratory of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Tlemcen, Algeria; 2Cardiology department, Tlemcen University Hospital, Tlemcen, Algeria Background: Hypertension is responsible for more than half of the cases of end-stage renal disease.…

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A CTO Case when I used almost all the Techniques and Materials

1Elyes Kharrat 1Faculty of medecine, Sfax, Tunisia Introduction: CTO angioplasty is becoming a validated procedure when it is well indicated. Actually, there is many algorithms and a lot of materiels which can be used to open the occluded artery in a safe manner. Material(s) and Method(s): A 39 y.o man, diabetic and smoker, was refered…

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The Association between Novel St2, BNP, Atrial Fibrillation And Heart Failure

1Kamla Al-Wahaibi, 1Iftikhar Khan, 1Brendan Mcadam, 1Tora Leong 1Hermitage Medical Clinic, Dublin, Ireland Background/Introduction: ST2, a novel marker of fibrosis has been proposed as a novel biomarker for heart failure.  There is paucity of data suggesting its association with Atrial Fibrillation (AF), in particular, with regards to the its independent effect after adjustment for clinical factors…

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Markers of Inflammation and Myocardial Injury in People Living with HIV in Kenya

1Hassan Adan Ahmed, 1Mohamed Jeilan, 1Mohamed Jeilan, 2Isaiah G Akuku, 3Kuan Ken Lee, 4Shirjel R Alam, 4Pablo Pere, 7Hassan Adan Ahmed, 6Michael H Chung,, 1Jasmit Shah 1Agakhan University Hosiptal, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya; 3BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 4Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology,…

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