Valve Surgery in a Low-Volume Center in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Valvular heart disease (VHD) has a significant prevalence and mortality rate with surgical intervention continuing to be a cornerstone of therapy. We aim to report the outcome of patients undergoing heart valve surgery (HVS) in a low-volume center (LVC) in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC).

Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted at the Jordan University Hospital (JUH), a tertiary teaching hospital in a developing country, between April 2014 and December 2019.

Safety of autologous intramuscular platelet lysate injections in patients with critical limb ischaemia: A pilot, exploratory study.

Background & Objectives: Platelet concentrate contains a rich cocktail of growth factors that support growth and proliferation of cells. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the safety of platelet lysate (PL) in patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) not suitable for standard revascularization. Data on the preliminary efficacy are also presented.

Atrial Septal Defect Repair in Adolescent and Adult Patients, a Cross Sectional Study at Jordan University Hospital, a Tertiary Hospital in a Developing Country.

Objective: We aim to report our heart team's experience in repair of Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) in adolescent and adult patients at Jordan University Hospital (JUH).

Methodology: A retrospective observational study of 44 patients who underwent secundum ASD closure by transcatheter closure (TCC) or Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) at JUH. Patients who were treated at an age of 14 years or older regardless of the age of diagnosis were included.

Thymolipoma and its Association with Myasthenia Gravis: a Multi-center Experience.

Background: Thymolipoma is a rare benign thymic tumor that arises in the anterior mediastinum. It presents with non-specific symptoms such as chest pain and dyspnea due to compression of the tumor on surrounding structures. In addition, this tumor is associated with paraneoplastic syndromes, including myasthenia gravis.

Anterior mediastinal teratoma with pericardial effusion. Rare presentation.

Mediastinal teratoma is an uncommon finding in the pediatric age group, accounting for only 7-11% of extragonadal teratomas. Rarely, the tumor can rupture and erode into the pericardium or pleural space. However, pericardial effusion due to rupture is infrequent.

Heart Disease in Adult Syrian Refugees: Experience at Jordan University Hospital.

Background: Since 2011, 1.26 million Syrians have immigrated to Jordan, increasing demands on Healthcare service. Information about cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Syrian refugees in general, and specifically in Jordan, is unknown.

Saphenous vein patch for correction of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left main coronary artery.

Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries is a rare congenital heart defect that may lead to disturbed life style, myocardial infarction and sudden death. This report describes a young lady with the right coronary artery arising from the left main coronary artery, which was confirmed by coronary angiography and corrected surgically using saphenous vein patch.

Descending necrotising mediastinitis, a fatal disease to keep in mind.

Descending necrotising mediastinitis, a term used by Estrera (1983) [1], is a rare and serious disease requiring prompt diagnosis and immediate aggressive surgical therapy. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute mediastinal widening. We report an unusual case of primary retropharyngeal abscess complicated by descending necrotising mediastinitis and bilateral empyema in a 56-year-old diabetic man.

Uncommon incidental pseudoaneurysm. Diagnostic and management challenges.

Objective: To analyze patients with uncommon incidental pseudoaneurysms, secondary to non-catheterization causes, and to discuss the peculiar clinical spectrum, and focus on some aspects of difference from post-catheterization pseudoaneurysms.

Methods: Eleven patients, 8 males and 3 females, were studied retrospectively in Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan, between 2002-2008. Radiological studies performed included duplex sonography (DS), computed tomography (CT), conventional angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).

Incidental invasive thymoma during coronary artery bypass surgery.

We encountered 2 incidental cases of invasive thymomas at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan; during routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery between 2005 and 2008 with an incidence of 0.6%. Both patients presented with angina pain.

Hereditary multiple exostoses with pseudoaneurysm.

A 16-year-old male patient with hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) was found to have a pseudoaneurysm of the left popliteal artery caused by osteochondroma in the lower femur. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography without the need to perform an angiogram. The osteochondroma was excised and the popliteal artery was repaired with a saphenous graft.