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Research Problem: Hypertension is a multifactorial disease that affects approximately one third of the Tunisian adult population. It is a major risk factor for stroke and cardiovascular disease. Environmental and psychosocial factors play an important role in hypertension onset and control.

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Introduction: The conventional radial approach (CRA), the gold standard approach for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), is associated with the risk of radial artery occlusion (RAO). The distal radial approach (DRA) is an effective alternative with fewer complications.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy in terms of puncture success and safety by RAO rate of the DRA in elective PCI in Tunisian patients.

Simulation versus theoretical learning for the transradial approach: a randomized controlled trial in interventional cardiology.

Introduction: Simulation-based education (SE) in interventional cardiology improves knowledge acquisition and mastery of procedures including the conventional radial access (CRA).

Aim: To evaluate the contribution of SE in CRA compared with theoretical learning alone.

Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled study including cardiology residents and patients with normal radial pulses.

Evaluation of left ventricular systolic function in children with sickle cell anemia: contribution of 2D strain.

Background: Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are at an increased risk of cardiovascular complications. The aim of this study was to assess the role of speckle tracking echocardiography in detecting subclinical myocardial damage in children with SCA.

Methods: A cross-sectional case-control study was conducted at the echocardiography laboratory of the military hospital of Tunis between July and December 2018.

[The curious case of a cardiac mass : A case report].

Background: Retained foreign bodies are dreadful events associated with invasive procedures. Their occurrence implicate physical complications as well as serious professional and medico-legal consequences. Cases of retained surgical items, in the pericardial space, following cardiothoracic surgery are rare and their management is delicate as the risks of their removal must be thoroughly weighed against the complications of leaving them inside the chest.

Design and Rationale of the National Tunisian Registry of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study.

Background: Coronary artery diseases remain the leading cause of death in the world. The management of this condition has improved remarkably in the recent years owing to the development of new technical tools and multicentric registries.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the in-hospital and 1-year clinical outcomes of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Tunisia.

Drug-Eluting-Balloon Angioplasty in Tunisian population versus Everolimus-platinum-chrome-stent for de-novo coronary lesion.

Research Problem: Drug-eluting balloon (DEB) angioplasty is a well-established treatment modality for in-stent restenosis, however its safety and efficacy in de-novo lesion especially in large vessel remains undetermined. Theoretically, DEB sight to eliminate stent thrombosis and reduce restenosis rates by leaving no metal behind.

Aim: To compare the results of angioplasty of de novo lesions by DEB (SEQUENT PLEASE) versus DES (Promus Premier and Promus Elite) in a Tunisian population.

Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated With the Bioresorbable Scaffold.

Introduction: Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) is a novel device to treat coronary lesions. It may induce a revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and a novel treatment termed vascular restoration therapy. These devices provide short-term scaffolding of the vessel and then dissolve, which would treat the plaque and coronary lumen without inflicting a permanent foreign body in the coronary artery.

Stent implantation for ostial left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis: clinical particularities, therapeutic strategies, and medium-term outcomes.

Background: The stenosis of the ostial left anterior descending artery represents one of the challenges for the interventional cardiologist. The aim of our study was to define the characteristics of this population and to analyze their results in medium term.

Methods: We had undertaken a retrospective study of 76 patients treated in the Cardiology Department of the Military Hospital of Tunis, between January 2014 and March 2017.