Publications by authors named "Fethia Mghaieth"
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- OSAS is highly prevalent in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), with a detection rate of 90% among those studied.
- The study determined that OSAS severity was categorized as mild in 32%, moderate in 27%, and severe in 31% of NVAF patients.
- Independent predictors for OSAS included being over 61 years old, having AF for more than 2 years, and snoring.
Introduction: Sanctioning evaluation in cardiology is carried out using multiple choice questions, short-answer questions, clinical cases and editorial questions. However, these methods do not assess clinical reasoning in a context of uncertainty in contrast with script concordance tests (SCT).
Aim: To compare the scores obtained by the students in the 3rd year of medicine with the SCT versus the sanctioning test of cardiology and to study the correlation between these two evaluation methods.
Ischemic cerebral infarction associated with myocardial infarction is yet a real diagnosis challenge. If during the acute myocardial phase the mechanism is mostly embolic, at long-term, the mechanism is not clearant and other causes should be searched. We report a 50 year old man with ischaemic stroke with strong evidence of myocardial infarction in the late phase with wall-motion abnormality and mural clot revealed by echocardiography and Q waves.
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