Publications by authors named "Ali Neji"
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- * The study included 915 patients, primarily middle-aged, where about 22.4% were found to have valvular AF, and only half of the patients with low embolic risk were prescribed oral anticoagulants.
- * Findings highlighted that the management strategies for AF in Tunisia were inadequate, with concerns over low anticoagulation quality, as evidenced by a 1.64% thromboembolism rate and a notable number of patients not receiving proper antithrom
Background: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a rare inherited cardiac arrhythmia associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). BrS is characterized by coved-type ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads (V1-V3). Mutations in SCN5A gene coding for the α-subunit of the NaV1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The FAST-MI Tunisia registry was set up by the Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery to assess the demographic and clinical characteristics, management and hospital outcome of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Methods: Data for 459 consecutive patients (mean age 60.8 years; 88.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important health problem in Tunisia. A significant change in the epidemiological pattern of heart disease has been seen in the last 3 decades; however, no large prospective multicenter trial reflecting national data has been published so far. Robust data on the contemporary epidemiological profile and management of AF patients in Tunisia are limited.
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