Prevalence and trends of occult coronary artery disease in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Background: Many patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP), presenting with only dyspnea, have hidden ischemic etiology. In low-income countries, logistic and financial restraints lead to reduced identification of this ischemic burden. We aimed to assess the role of coronary angiography in patients with cardiomyopathy presenting predominantly dyspnea.

Recurrent Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade due to Filariasis Successfully Treated with Ivermectin and Albendazole.

Filariasis presenting with pericardial effusion with tamponade is rare. We report a case of a 30-year-old female who was admitted with severe dyspnea and chest pain since 2 days. Echocardiogram showed massive pericardial effusion with tamponade.

Relation of glycated hemoglobin with carotid atherosclerosis in ischemic stroke patients: An observational study in Indian population.

Context: Glycated hemoglobin A1c(HbA1c) indicates long-term uncontrolled hyperglycemia in the body, which in diabetic patients leads to various vascular complications as a part of generalized atherosclerosis culminating ultimately into ischemic stroke.

Aims: Study aims to show the association between marker of uncontrolled long-term hyperglycemia HbA1c and marker of atherosclerosis (Carotid intima media thickness [CIMT] and carotid plaque) in ischemic stroke patients.

Subjects And Methods: Carotid sonography using high resolution 7.

Takayasu's arteritis presenting as digital gangrene of right hand.

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of medium and large vessels, mainly involving the aorta and its major branches. TA may have diverse clinical presentation including claudication, stroke, asymmetric pulse or blood pressure. However, the association of TA with digital gangrene is a rare entity.

Asymmetric graves ophthalmopathy as a sole manifestation of autoimmune hypothyroidism.

Graves ophthalmopathy (GO) is commonly associated with hyperthyroidism, however its coexistence with hypothyroidism is seen uncommonly in 5% of cases. The ophthalmic signs in GO are usually bilaterally symmetrical, however in 10-15% of cases patients may present asymmetrically. The ophthalmic signs in GO are commonly seen with other systemic features of thyroid disease, however when a patient present with asymmetric ophthalmic signs in the absence of other thyroid manifestations, it is difficult to consider the possibility of thyroid disorder, which may result in delayed diagnosis and further progression of disease.