The Relationship between P & QT Dispersions and Presence & Severity of Stable Coronary Artery Disease.

Background And Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the correlation between electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters and presence and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) to indicate the usefulness of these parameters as predictors of severity in patients with stable CAD.

Subjects And Methods: Two hundred fifty patients, without a history of any cardiovascular event were included in the study. The ECG parameters were measured manually by a cardiologist before coronary angiography.

The evaluation of myocardial function of patients in the early stage of acute ischemic stroke by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Purpose: To evaluate the myocardial dysfunction in the early stage of nonhemorrhagic stroke and its association with the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.

Methods: We included 29 patients with acute ischemic stroke, in whom NIHSS scores were calculated and stroke infarct volumes recorded. Within 48 hours of admission, cardiac evaluation with speckle tracking echocardiography was performed and left ventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global longitudinal systolic strain rate were obtained.

An isolated single L-II type coronary artery anomaly: A rare coronary anomaly.

The incidence of congenital artery anomalies is 0.2-1.4%, and most are benign.

Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection in a Young Woman after a Kick to Her Back.

We present the case of a 38-year-old woman admitted to our outpatient clinic with accelerating back pain and fatigue following a kick to her back by her husband. Upon arrival, we detected ST segment elevation in the D1, aVL, and V2 leads and accelerated idioventricular rhythm. She had pallor and hypotension consistent with cardiogenic shock.