Association between cognitive representation of illness and the outcome of patients with premature coronary artery disease.

Objective: To assess whether illness perception (IP) in overall and each of its three dimensions (cognitive, emotional and comprehension) have an independent prognostic value in men and women with premature coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: In a prospective cohort, 778 patients (370 men and 408 women) with premature CAD(diagnosed in men aged<45 y and women aged<55 y), who had completed brief illness perception questionnaire were followed up for 4 years. Outcome event was defined as composite of all-cause mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction(MI), repeated revascularization or/and stroke.

Coronary Artery Disease Presentation and Its Association with Shortened Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time.

Standard coagulation screening tests are important constituents of basic examinations in clinical laboratories. There is no clear evidence of a relation between the type of clinical presentation and coagulation parameters in patients with suspected coronary artery disease. This cross-sectional study included 539 patients who underwent coronary angiography in Tehran Heart Center between November 2012 and January 2013.

Unusual presentation and echocardiographic management of giant mural endocarditis occurring simultaneously with aneurysmatic aorta.

We describe a 32-year-old man who presented in a febrile, unconscious state with unusual staphylococcal endocarditis. We diagnosed the patient's illness by using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), which revealed a giant vegetation on the left ventricular lateral wall. The patient had history of aortic valve replacement and coarctoplasty.