Atrial Fibrillation after Rheumatic Heart Valve Surgery: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes.

Background: Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (AFACS) impacts 10 to 65% of patients. AFACS is associated with stroke and other systemic embolic manifestations.

Methods: Patients at our hospital who underwent valve surgery procedures including aortic valve replacement (AVR), mitral valve replacement (MVR), AVR with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), MVR with CABG, or AVR and MVR with/without CABG were included in this study in the period from .

Towards a portable-noninvasive blood pressure monitoring system utilizing the photoplethysmogram signal.

Blood pressure (BP) responds instantly to the body's conditions, such as movements, diseases or infections, and sudden excitation. Therefore, BP monitoring is a standard clinical measurement and is considered one of the fundamental health signs that assist in predicting and diagnosing several cardiovascular diseases. The traditional BP techniques (i.

Predictors of mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes in Jordan.

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disease associated with increased risk of mortality.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine predictors of mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes in the north of Jordan.

Methods: Electronic data files for diabetes patients admitted between the period of 2014-2018 at a tertiary center in the north of Jordan were reviewed.

A comparative study of photoplethysmogram and piezoelectric plethysmogram signals.

The Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal is one of the most important vital signals in biomedical applications. The non-invasive property and the convenience in the acquisition of both PPG and Piezoelectric Plethysmogram (PZPG) signals are considered as powerful and accurate tools for biomedical diagnosing applications, such as oxygen saturation in blood, blood flow, and blood pressure measurements. In this paper, a number of features for PPG and PZPG signals (ex.

Sinus of valsalva aneurysm with fistula to the right atrium presented as acute heart failure in a young man.

Patient: Male, 23 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Sinus of valsalva aneurysm (SVA) Symptoms: Chest pain • low O2 saturation • short of breath

Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology.

Objective: Rare disease.

Background: Sinus of valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a rare cardiac anomaly.