Study of aortic valve using multi slice computed tomography in patients presenting with chest pain.

Objective: To determine aortic root dimensions in younger patients presenting with chest pain.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and the National Institute of Heart Diseases, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from September 12, 2018, to March 11, 2019, and comprised patients of either gender aged 18-55 years presenting with chest pain falling into Canadian Cardiovascular Society class I-IV and dyspnoea falling into New York Heart Association class I-IV. Multi-slice computed tomography image acquisition was performed in a single breath-hold of about 5-10 seconds, while electrocardiogram gated synchronised data acquisition was done with 60-100ml contrast.

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Left Main Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesions: Two-stent versus one-stent Strategy for Comparison of 6-month MACE.

Objective: To assess the short term clinical outcomes for a single-stent (SS) strategy versus a double-stent (DS) strategy in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of distal unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) lesions.

Study Design: Descriptive comparative study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from January 2017 to April 2018.

Procedural Outcomes Of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention In Elderly Patients With Stemi.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, and coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent manifestation associated with high mortality and morbidity. Older age is independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality and death. Elderly may experience high rates of complications following acute STEMI.

FLUOROSCOPY TIME DURING CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURES USING THE RADIAL AND FEMORAL ROUTES.

Background: Use of trans-radial route for cardiac catheterization is on the rise but is associated with increased radiation exposure to the operator. Our aim was to compare the radiation exposure, by taking fluoroscopy time (FT) as a surrogate of radiation exposure, to the operator with femoral and radial routes.

Methods: This prospective observational study was carried out at Army Cardiac Center Lahore from lst Jan to 1st June 2013.

Early detection of cardiac dysfunction by BNP in beta-thalassaemia major patients.

Background: Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality in beta-thalassaemia major (BTM) patients. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been used for latent cardiac dysfunction in heart patients other than thalassaemic patients. The objective was to determine its role in subclinical detection of iron-induced cardiotoxicity in BTM patients.