Peri-Procedural Blood Pressure Changes and Their Relationship with MACE in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Peri-procedural blood-pressure (BP) changes were investigated and correlated to Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) as predictor of outcome for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); whether acute coronary syndrome (Unstable angina, or MI; STEMI or NSTEMI) or scheduled for elective PCI.

Methods: Resting BP in the 204 recruited patients undergoing PCI throughout 2018 was measured thrice - in the ward before transferring to the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab), in the cath lab, and after transfer to the recovery room. Patients were categorized based on their systolic and diastolic BP peri-procedural difference as systolic (SBP): with a large difference (>20 mmHg, n=47), with a small difference (≤20 mmHg, n=157) (shock patients excluded); diastolic (DBP): with a large difference (>10 mmHg, n=65), and with a small difference (≤10 mmHg, n=139).

Impact of renal transplantation on cardiac morphological and functional characteristics in children and adults.

Aim: To compare the effects of renal transplantation on cardiac functions in children and adults.

Methods: One hundred and ten patients attending the nephrology outpatient clinic were enrolled in this study and were divided into six groups. The first two groups consisted each of 30 renal transplant patients who had a successful renal transplantation more than six months, but less than one year.

Impact of routine cerebral CT angiography on treatment decisions in infective endocarditis.

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is commonly complicated by cerebral embolization and hemorrhage secondary to intracranial mycotic aneurysms (ICMAs). These complications are associated with poor outcome and may require diagnostic and therapeutic plans to be modified. However, routine screening by brain CT and CT angiography (CTA) is not standard practice.