Clinical characteristics and 30-day outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: Results from Indian College of Cardiology National Heart Failure Registry (ICCNHFR).

Background: Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a challenging medical emergency with high mortality and its prevalence is increasing in India. There is paucity of data on ADHF in the country.

Methods: Indian College of Cardiology National Heart Failure Registry (ICCNHFR) is an on-going observational registry on ADHF contributed by 22 hospitals across India; and we present the in-hospital and 30-day outcomes of ADHF patients enrolled from August 2018 to July 2019.

Cardiovascular manifestations of people living with HIV/AIDS: Report from a hot spot in eastern India.

Objective: To study the profile and characteristics of cardiovascular abnormalities among patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at a tertiary care hospital in India. The association of cardiovascular abnormalities with the CD4 count and disease stages, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, was also analyzed.

Methods: A total of 200 patients with HIV/AIDS were compared with 50 healthy controls.

ST-Segment Elevated Acute Myocardial Infarction: Changing Profile Over Last 24 Years.

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is rising in epidemic proportions with India not being an exception. CAD in Indian scenario has its onset at a younger age with multitude of risk factors.

Objective: This study was carried out to obtain complete information about demographic profile, risk factors, clinical scenario, therapeutic modalities, natural course, outcome and changing profile of acute ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients.

Synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties of novel intermetallic compounds R2Co2SiC (R = Pr, Nd).

The intermetallic compounds R2Co2SiC (R = Pr, Nd) were prepared from the reaction of silicon and carbon in either Pr/Co or Nd/Co eutectic flux. These phases crystallize with a new stuffed variant of the W2CoB2 structure type in orthorhombic space group Immm with unit cell parameters a = 3.978(4) Å, b = 6.

Gold network structures in rhombohedral and monoclinic Sr2Au6(Au,T)3 (T = Zn, Ga). A transition via relaxation.

Quantitative syntheses, structure determinations and interpretations, and band calculations are reported for the nonstoichiometric rhombohedral (R3c) and monoclinic (C2/c) Sr2Au6(Au(3-x)T(x)) (T = Zn, Ga) compounds. Several different compositions of the two Sr phases were similarly refined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data as R3c: a ≈ 8.43 Å, c ≈ 21.

Hexagonal-diamond-like gold lattices, Ba and (Au,T)3 interstitials, and delocalized bonding in a family of intermetallic phases Ba2Au6(Au,T)3 (T = Zn, Cd, Ga, In, or Sn).

Au-rich polar intermetallics exhibit a wide variety of structural motifs, and this hexagonal-diamond-like gold host is unprecedented. The series Ba2Au6(Au,T)3 (T = Zn, Cd, Ga, In, or Sn), synthesized through fusion of the elements at 700-800 °C followed by annealing at 400-500 °C, occur in space group R3[overline]c (a ≈ 8.6-8.

Late survival in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - a case report.

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EVC) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by chondrodystrophy, polydactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and cardiac anomalies. Acromelic shortening of upper and lower limbs, genu valgum, multiple frenula, deformed teeth, short ribs and narrow thorax and congenital heart diseases complete the picture. The patients with the syndrome rarely survive into adulthood.

Left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction and their relationship with microvascular complications in normotensive, asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is an established risk factor for cardiovascular events. Aims of the study were to assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes and evaluate the relations among left ventricular function and specific diabetic complications.

Methods: Seventy-three normotensive patients with type 2 diabetes and no clinical evidence of cardiac disease were studied.

Diagnosis and management of diastolic dysfunction and heart failure.

Diastolic heart failure occurs when signs and symptoms of heart failure are present but left ventricular systolic function is preserved (i.e., ejection fraction greater than 45 percent).

Prevalence, prognostic importance and therapeutic implications of anemia in heart failure.

Background: Despite advances in its management, heart failure, once established, remains highly prevalent and lethal. Anemia can exacerbate the hemodynamic burden in heart failure. The present study was undertaken to assess the presence of anemia and analyze how its control impacts the outcome in heart failure patients.

Percutaneous transatrial mitral commissurotomy by modified technique using a JOMIVA balloon catheter: a cost-effective alternative to the Inoue balloon.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Percutaneous transatrial mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is an established non-surgical treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis. The study aim was to assess the safety and efficacy of PTMC using the Joseph mitral valvuloplasty (JOMIVA) balloon catheter, with a modified technique.

Methods: PTMC was performed in 252 patients (88 males, 164 females; mean age 39.

Current perspectives on statins.

As the epidemic of coronary artery disease rages on round the globe, research is always on to find suitable drugs to reverse the trend. While aspirin, beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors have been shown to reduce coronary mortality and morbidity, statins are rapidly coming to fore as another important cog in the wheel of primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. Newer trial like Heart Protection Study suggests benefit of statin for high risk individuals, irrespective of initial serum cholesterol concentrations.