6 results match your criteria: "Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre[Affiliation]"
Caffeine and Arrhythmias: A Critical Analysis of Cardiovascular Responses and Arrhythmia Susceptibility.
J Saudi Heart Assoc
November 2024
Department of Electrophysiology, Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre, Awali, Bahrain.
Caffeine is a frequently consumed stimulant in different foods and beverages: coffee, tea, chocolate, sodas, and energy drinks. While its effects on the cardiovascular system have been extensively studied, there remains controversy surrounding its potential risks, particularly in patients with heart disease. This review provides a complete overview of caffeine's pharmacological properties, sources, and cardiovascular effects, particularly emphasizing its arrhythmogenic potential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnvironmental Factors, Occupational Hazards, and Seasonal Changes: Unveiling the Triggers of Atrial Fibrillation.
Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets
December 2024
Department of Electrophysiology, Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Centre, Awali, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Introduction: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the world, with a lifetime risk of 26% for men and 23% for women. Atrial fibrillation is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia that is more common with increasing age. Globally, around 33.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKawarabi: Administrative Structuring of a Multicenter Research Collaborative to Study Kawasaki Disease in the Arab Countries.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg
March 2024
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Article Synopsis
- - Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children from developed countries, necessitating detailed studies within Arab nations to enhance diagnosis and care.
- - Kawarabi is a collaborative initiative involving North American and Arab experts aimed at improving knowledge and management of KD and similar conditions, primarily initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
- - Founded in 2021, Kawarabi has identified gaps in awareness and resources concerning KD in Arab countries, and it has organized educational webinars and meetings to promote better understanding of the disease and its long-term outcomes.
Maternal diabetes as a teratogenic factor for congenital heart defects in infants of diabetic mothers.
Birth Defects Res
April 2023
Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland-Bahrain Medical University (RCSI MUB), Busaiteen, Bahrain.
Background: Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are shown to have an association with maternal diabetes mellitus. The Bahraini population has a high prevalence of diabetes 16.3% thus putting it at increased risk of developing CHDs in infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of malignancy on clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Int J Cardiol
April 2021
Department of Cardiology, University Heart Centre, Zurich, Switzerland.
Background: The impact of cancer on survival in patients with coronary artery disease has not been well defined. We designed the present study to explore the prevalence and prognostic influence of cancer in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Methods: 2'132 patients with ACS were enrolled in the prospective, multicenter Special Program University Medicine ACS (SPUM-ACS) cohort.
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with accessory pulmonary veins.
Cardiovasc J Afr
March 2018
Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa Cardiac Centre, Bahrain Defense Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Bahrain.
We present a case of a six-year-old boy with complex partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections with accessory pulmonary veins, where multi-detector computed tomography proved crucial for accurate identification prior to planning for surgical correction.
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