Is there any difference in mortality rates of atrial fibrillation detected before or after ischemic stroke?

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Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Parameters and the Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Level in Patients with Premature Myocardial Infarction.

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is increasing at a younger age. Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been implicated in several key mechanisms of atherogenesis. Arterial stiffness parameters, including pulse wave velocity (PWV) and the augmentation index (AIx), can indicate the presence or progression of atherosclerosis.

Malleability of spatial skills: bridging developmental psychology and toy design for joyful STEAM development.

Previous research has established that advances in spatial cognition predict STEAM success, and construction toys provide ample opportunities to foster spatial cognition. Despite various construction toy designs in the market, mostly brick-shaped building blocks are used in spatial cognition research. This group of toys is known to enhance mental rotation; however, mental rotation is not the only way to comprehend the environment three-dimensionally.

Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness and Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness in Patients with Coronary Slow Flow.

Background: Coronary slow flow may not only affect the coronary arteries, but it may also be a vascular problem affecting the rest of the arterial system.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine peripheral arterial stiffness and the thickness of the choroid layer in patients with slow coronary flow.

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients (age, 54.

The Impact of Timing of Fixed Dose Triple Antihypertensive Combinations on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Parameters.

Introduction: Re-establishing "dipping" physiology significantly reduces cardiovascular events. The aim was to investigate the effect of timing of fixed dose triple antihypertensive combinations on blood pressure (BP) control.

Methods: One hundred sixteen consecutive patients (62.

Neurogenic stunned myocardium in acute ischemic stroke.

Background And Purpose: Neurogenic myocardial injury occurs as a result of dysregulation of autonomic nervous system. The aim of this study was to explore the frequency of elevated troponin and dynamic ST segment/T wave changes and their relation with left ventricular (LV) systolic functions in acute ischemic stroke patients.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-five patients (mean age: 65.

Predictors of Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease and Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) and ischemic stroke share the same risk factors.

Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the prevalence and predictors of concomitant CAD in acute ischemic stroke patients.

Methods: One hundred and five patients (64.

The effect of moderate and severe COVID-19 pneumonia on short-term right ventricular functions: a prospective observational single pandemic center analysis.

It has been reported that myocardial damage and heart failure are more common in COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. The aim of our study was to measure the right ventricular functions of COVID-19 patients 30 days after their discharge, and compare them to the right ventricular functions of healthy volunteers. Fifty one patients with COVID-19 and 32 healthy volunteers who underwent echocardiographic examinations were enrolled in our study.

Evaluation of the relation between cardiac biomarkers and thorax computed tomography findings in COVID-19 patients.

Troponin levels may be elevated in COVID-19 infection. The aim of this study was to the explore relation between troponin levels and COVID-19 severity. One hundred and forty consecutive patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were included.

A case of heart failure mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia: The role of clinical and chest computed tomography findings in the differential diagnosis.

Acute heart failure (HF) is one of the most common cardiac emergencies. Pulmonary edema caused by HF may mimic an exudative disease on chest computed tomography scans. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China in December 2019 and quickly spread around the world.

Correction of cortriatriatum sinister with classical Raghib's complex using an extracardiac conduit.

We present a 32-year-old patient with cortriatriatum sinister with Raghib's complex (a left persistent superior vena cava draining into the left atrium with an absent coronary sinus and an atrial septal defect [ASD]) who underwent successful surgical correction with excision of the cortriatriatum, closure of the ASD, and establishing the drainage of the persistent left superior vena cava to the right atrium via interposition of an extracardiac 13-mm ringed polytetrafluoroethylene conduit.

Evaluation of left ventricular functions in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: is there any effect of parathyroidectomy?

Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functions of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) patients with detailed echocardiographic analysis and investigate the effect of parathyroidectomy on echocardiographic parameters.

Methods: A total of 22 eligible consecutive patients with pHPT who underwent parathyroidectomy operation were recruited to the study. Another 22 subjects with similar age, gender and frequency of cardiovascular risk factors compared to patients were used as a control group.

Prevalence of Coronary Artery to Pulmonary Artery Collaterals in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Retrospective Analysis from a Single Center.

Background: Our aim was to determine the prevalence of coronary artery - pulmonary artery collaterals in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) by retrospectively evaluating coronary angiograms of eligible consecutive patients who had undergone pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA). We also aimed to evaluate predictors and potential clinical associates of these collaterals.

Methods: Coronary angiograms of 83 consecutive CTEPH patients who had undergone coronary angiography before PEA operation between January 1, 2012 and June 1, 2015 were retrospectively evaluated for presence of coronary artery - pulmonary artery collaterals.

Acute inferior myocardial infarction in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve and high international normalized ratio.

ST elevation acute myocardial infarction in patients with a mechanical prosthetic valve is rare and usually due to inadequate anticoagulation. We present a case of acute inferior myocardial infarction in a patient with a prosthetic aortic valve and high international normalized ratio, which has not been reported previously.

Depression and anxiety are associated with abnormal nocturnal blood pressure fall in hypertensive patients.

Background: Previous studies have shown that depression and anxiety were independent risk factors for hypertension. Non-dipper hypertension is associated with higher cardiovascular mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiety and depression scores in patients with dipper and non-dipper hypertension.

[Investigation of the efficacy of electrolyzed acid water on the standard strains of some pathogenic microorganisms].

Many of the studies have indicated that electrolyzed acid water (EAW) has a strong microbicidal activity. In this study, EAW was obtained by the exposure of NaCl (10 g/L) and tap water mixture to direct electric current (2 ampere) during 15 minutes, in an instrument designed by the study group. EAW was tested for its inactivation efficacy on the standard strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in different concentrations and for different periods (0, 10, 30 and 60 seconds).