The ECG Characteristics of Patients With Isolated Hypomagnesemia.

Background: Electrocardiographic (ECG) characteristics of patients with isolated hypomagnesemia are not well defined. We aimed to investigate these ECG characteristics in order to define clearly the features of isolated hypomagnesemia.

Hypothesis: Lower serum magnesium could affect ECG parameters after excluding potential confounders.

Aldosterone Antagonists in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients with Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: a Retrospective Study at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Background: Aldosterone antagonists (AA) improve survival in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) "T40% ,with either clinical heart failure or diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to assess the adherence of AA use in Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Methods: Medical records of 171 STEMI patients with LVEF "T40% and discharged from our centre between January 2012 and December 2012 were retrospectively reviewed, regarding the use of AA use.

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in elderly mitral stenosis patients. A retrospective study at shahid gangalal national heart centre, bansbari, kathmandu, Nepal.

Introduction: Percutaneous transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy (PTMC) has been shown to be a valid alternative to surgical therapy in selected patients with mitral stenosis. Though its efficacy in children and young adults is already established, its role in elderly patients is not well reported. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of PTMC in elderly patients (≥60 years).