Publications by authors named "Kareem Ali Maher"
Objectives: To assess cardiovascular risk after sofosbuvir and daclatasvir antiviral combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus patients.
Method: The prospective cohortstudy was conducted at the Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, from December 2019 to December 2021, and comprised adult patients of either gender with chronic hepatitis C virus and with minimum ejection fraction 40%. They were classified into groups according to their cardiovascular risk.
Objectives: To assess left ventricular functions by echocardiography after 12 weeks of sofosbuvir-daclatasvir combination therapy.
Method: The prospective cohort study was conducted from December 2019 to December 2021 at Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, and comprised adult patients of either gender who had been referred to the Cardiovascular Department for cardiac evaluation and were found to be eligible forsofosbuvir-daclatasvir combination therapy. The patients were classified into five groups according to cardiovascular risk factors.