Publications by authors named "Mian A Yousuf"
Background: Although the use of computed tomography angiography (CTA) is considered "appropriate" to distinguish ischemic vs nonischemic etiology in patients with cardiomyopathy under the current clinical practice guideline, the evidence to support this has not been evaluated in larger scale studies. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis of available studies published by October 2010 to address this question.
Methods: Studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of CTA versus invasive coronary angiography (as the gold standard) for significant coronary artery disease (CAD) detection (ischemic cardiomyopathy) in patients with no known history of CAD with significantly depressed left ventricular function (ejection fraction; EF < 35%) were selected for the meta-analysis.
Unexplained exertional dyspnea is a common and perplexing clinical problem. Myocardial ischemia and left ventricular systolic dysfunction are important cardiac causes, but are often not detected in these patients. Recently, exercise-induced left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and exercised-induced pulmonary hypertension have emerged as common alternative mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this case series was to study the clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of pulmonary hydatid cyst disease at a tertiary care centre.
Methods: A retrospective review of case records was carried out to collect demographic, clinical and outcome data on patients with pulmonary hydatid disease, treated over a 10 year period.
Results: A total of 49 cases were included in the series.