Content Posted in 2020
Accidental Snapping of Right Ventricular Pacing Lead with MICRA, Vivek Singh Guleria, Prafull Sharma, and Prashant Bharadwaj
Acute Pulmonary Embolism as an Initial Presentation of Klinefelter Syndrome: A Case Report, Ghizlane El Ouazzani, Chaimae Toutai, Ikbal Alla, Nabila Ismaili, and Noha El Ouafi
A multiloculated left ventricular thrombus, Dinkar Bhasin, Gaurav K. Arora, Anunay Gupta, Hermohander S. Isser, and Sandeep Bansal
An Apical mass of the left ventricle after a myocardial infarction: Imaging contribution, Selma Charfeddine, Wiem Feki, Imen Maaloul, Rania Hammami, and Emna Daoud
A New Scoring System Detecting the Supraventricular Tachycardia Inducibility and Radiofrequency Ablation With High Specificity in Electrophysiological Study, Savas Ozer, Mustafa Çetin, Ali Gokhan Ozyildiz, Ramazan Gengorü, Oguzhan Ekrem Turan, Meltem Pusuroglu, Bülent Bahçeci, and Turan Erdogan
An observational comparison of distal radial and traditional radial approaches for coronary angiography, Anupam Bhambhani, Salil Pandey, Aditi N. Nadamani, and Kartikey Tyagi
Anomalous Drainage of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava to the Left Atrium: Case Series and Literature Review, Mustafa Abdulwahab, Abdulhameed Ali Alnajja, Ali Edris Jelly, Aitizaz Eldien Syed, Mohamed Mofeed Fawaz Morsy, Mansour Bader Al-Mutairi, and Alassal Ahmad Alkodami
Aortopulmonary Window: Types, Associated Cardiovascular Anomalies, and Surgical Outcome. Retrospective Analysis of a Single Center Experience, Mohammed Bin-Moallim, Hussam K. Hamadah, Fahad Alhabshan, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, and Mohamed S. Kabbani
A real-life correlation between clinical syntax score II and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with stable coronary artery disease, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby, Ozge O. Tok, Tugba K. Oz, Yehia Saleh, Ahmed Morsi, and Hiatham Badran
Assessment of Left Ventricular Mechanics in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: 2-D Speckle Tracking Imaging Study, Hesham A. Naeim, Reda Abuelatta, Faisal O. Alatawi, and Lamiaa Khedr
Association Between Off-Hour Presentations And In-Hospital Mortality For Patients With Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Elnaz Javanshir, Elham Darzi Ramandi, Samad Ghaffari, Babak Nasiri, Haleh Bodagh, Ghiti Davarmoin, Naser Aslanabadi, and Ahmad Separham
Atrial High-Rate Episodes, Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation And Short-Duration Clinical Atrial Fibrillation: Different Names For The Same Arrhythmia Or A New Player On The Pitch?, Juan Benezet-Mazuecos, Alvaro Lozano Rosado, Julian Crosa, and Jose Antonio Iglesias
Bad Heart Luck: Myocardial Infarction Related To iatrogenic Coronary Cameral Fistula In A Heart Transplant Patient, Badre El Boussaadani, Zakaria Raiss, Amine Qat, and Pascal Goube
Cardiac amyloidosis—an underdiagnosed cause of heart failure in the elderly, Tahir Nazir and Mahmud Nuffati
Cardiac Catheterisation Interventions in Neonates and Infants Less Than Three Months, Ali A. AlAkhfash, Ali Jelly, Abdulrahman Almesned, Abdullah Alqwaiee, Mansour Almutairi, Sherif Salah, Mahmoud Hasan, Mustafa Almuhaya, Abdulhamid Alnajjar, Mohammed Mofeed, and Bana Nasser
Cardiac Screening To Mitigate The Risk Of Sudden Cardiac Death In Middle Eastern And African Competitive Athletes. A Systematic Review, Yusuf Hallak, Umberto Battistin, and Ahmad Mustafa Al-Masaeed
Cardiac Surgery Services During the COVID-19 Outbreak: Surgeons’ thoughts, Ahmed Arifi and Abdullah A. Alghamdi
Chylothorax after coronary artery bypass surgery. Report of a case and review of the literature, Imran Khan, Zahid M. Khan, Abdelbasset El Refy, Ahmad Mahmood El Badry, and Tarig Faisal Babiker
Comparing Trimetazidine with Allopurinol in Prevention of Contrast Induced Nephropathy After Coronary Angiography, Haitham Galal, Mahmoud Shehta, Sameh Attia, and Islam Bastawy
Comparison between two protocols for deflation of the TR band following coronary procedures via the radial route, Hassan Al Riyami, Adil Al Riyami, and Sunil K. Nadar
Comparison Of The Effects Of Ticagrelor And Clopidogrel On Heart Rate Variability And Heart Rate Turbulence In Patients With Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, Pinar Yagcioglu, Selma Ari, Hasan Ari, and Mehmet Melek
Coronary Artery Ectasia with Acute Myocardial Infarction, A Case Report, Maysan Mohammed Almegbel and Fawaz Qabel Almutairi
COVID 19 myocarditis: Myth or reality?, Lamyae Sasbou MD
Delayed Repair of Aortic Dissection in Sickle Cell Anaemia as a Combined Cardiac and Vascular Surgical Approach, Massimo Capoccia, Maziar Mireskandari, Nicholas J. Cheshire, and Ulrich P. Rosendahl
Detection of Left Ventricular Thrombi On Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Viability Studies, Donya Ahmed Alhassan, Khawaja Bilal Waheed, Muhammad Nasim Sharif, Muhammad Zia UlHassan, Fazal Ghaffar, Khaled Saleh Saleem, Emad Fouad Mahmoud Said, Bayan Mohammed Altalaq, Zechariah Jebakumar Arulanantham, and Ahmad Omar Qarmash
Development and Validation of a Electrocardiographic Diagnostic Score of Heart Failure Among Patients with Hypertension Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria: The RISK-HHF Case-Control Study, Ayodipupo Sikiru Oguntade
Diagnostic Accuracy Of Global Longitudinal Strain For Detecting Significant Coronary Artery Disease In Diabetic Patients Without Regional Wall Motion Abnormality, Oumaima Alaika, Souad Jamai, Nawal Doghmi, and Mohamed Cherti
Discrete Left Ventricle Outflow Tract Obstruction in Children: Incidence and Predictors of Recurrence. A Multi-Center Study, Gadah M. Alqurashi, Rema S. Almohanna, Kamal MK Ayoub, Arwa A. Alkhuraiji, Najla A. Almasoud, Amjad R. Alsubaie, Alaa M. Althubaiti, and Abdullah A. Al Sehly
Editorial, Hani Najm
Editorial Management Of Cardiac Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Günter Breithardt, Hani K. Najm, Marko Turina, and Ahmed A. Arifi
Effect of Coronary Artery Bifurcation Angle on Atherosclerotic Lesion Localization Distance to the Bifurcation Site, Murat Ziyrek, Ahmet Lütfü Sertdemir, and Mustafa Duran
Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Cardiac Outpatients’ Perception of Seeking Medical Advice, Sondos Samargandy, TURKI A. AL GARNI, Abdulrahman Almoghairi, Mohammed Alahmari, Bandar Alshehri, Mohammed Mosaad, Jamal Ahmed, Hussein Alamri, and Shaza Samargandy
Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion temperature on perioperative renal function in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery, Jayavelan Ramkumar, Girish Gopinathan, Karthick Kavin, Ramkumar Shanmugasundaram, George M. Stephen, Annie C. Pragasam, and Periyasamy Thangavel
Entrapment of a partially degloved stent in the radial artery: is there any way out?, Nooraldaem Yousif and Husam A. Noor
Epidemiological Variation of Acute Myocardial Infarction Relevant to In-Hospital Outcomes-Tertiary Center Experience-Saudi Arabia, Sheeren Khaled, Mohammad Almalki, Ghada Shalaby, Azmat K. Niazi, Sara Ahmed, Asma Alsilami, Mohannd Alhazmi, Zeyad Bukhary, and Najeeb Jaha
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for post coronary artery bypass grafting: its effect on hemodynamics response and functional capacity using Incremental Shuttle walking test: a retrospective pilot analysis, Ahmad Osailan and Walid K. Abdelbasset
Fatal Heart Failure Induced By Pazopanib In A Sarcoma Patient Previously Treated With Gemcitabine, Daniela Di Lisi, Girolamo Manno, Clarissa Filorizzo, Tommaso Guarino, Giulia Santanelli, Monica Lunetta, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Antonio Russo, and Giuseppina Novo
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound is Applicable to Internal Medicine and Critical Care but Skill Gaps Currently Limit Use, Naveed Mahmood, Mamdouh Souleymane, Rajkumar Rajendram, Amro MT Ghazi, Mubashar Kharal, and Mohammad AlQahtani
Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm with Painless Dissection in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome, Khaled D. Algarni, Amr A. Arafat, Adam I. Adam, and Claudio Pragliola
Health Care Delivery for Heart Failure Patients During The COVID-19 Pandemic; a Consensus of The Saudi Heart Failure Working Group (SAUDI-HF), Abeer Bakhsh, Maryam AlQaseer, Fakhr AlAyoubi, Rima S. Bader, Kamal AlGhalayini, Abdelfatah Elasfar, and Waleed Alhabeeb
Heart Failure In The Middle East Arab Countries: Current And Future Perspectives, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Waleed Alhabeeb, and Salma Elasfar
Hydroxychloroquine And Azithromycin As A Treatment Of Covid- 19: Electrocardiogram Variability, Amal El Ouarradi, Salma Abdeladim, Sara Oualim, Llham Bensahi, Sara Hafid, Hamza Tazi, Mahassine Elharras, Rita Aniq Filali, Abdelhamid Nailhou, El Arbi Bouaiti, Abdelhamid Moustaghfir, and Mohamed Sabry
Iatrogenic pulmonary artery dissection in patient with ostium secundum interatrial septum defect, Daniela Di Lisi, Giovanni D. Aquaro, Francesca Macaione, Salvatore Novo, and Giuseppina Novo
Impact of a social support program supervised by a multidisciplinary team on psychosocial distress and knowledge about heart failure among heart failure patients, Muhammad Adil Soofi, Zainab Jafery, and Faisal AlSamadi
Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Biochemical and Exercise Parameters among Patients Undergoing Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation, Hazem Khorshid, Adel Shabana, Osama Rifaie, and Yasser Abdellatif
Impact of stent of ductus arteriosus and modified Blalock–Taussig shunt on pulmonary arteries growth and second-stage surgery in infants with ductus-dependent pulmonary circulation, Bana A. Nasser, Mesned Abdulrahman, Abdullah A.L Qwaee, Ali Alakfash, Tageldein Mohamad, and Mohamed S. Kabbani
Incidental Discovery of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Arising from The Pulmonary Artery in a Coronavirus Disease-2019 Patient: A Blessing in Disguise, Masood Ghori and Rizwan Ahmed
Increased Epicardial Adipose Tissue is Associated with the Extent of Aortic Dissection, Ahmet S. Yõlmaz
Infected Coronary Artery Aneurysm - A Rare But Fatal Complication Of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Ajit Pal Singh and Harnoor Singh Pruthi
Infective Endocarditis Caused by Klebsiella Oxytoca in a Patient with Hemodialysis: A CARE-Compliant Case Report and Review of the Literature, Hanane Aissaoui, Youssef Hdidou, Ramia Bougrine, Nabila Ismaili, and Noha Elouafi
Internal Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound in the 21st century: A ‘FoCUS’ on the Middle East, Arif Hussain and Irene W.Y. Ma
Left and right ventricular speckle tracking study before and after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure in children, Hala M. Agha, Islam S. Mohammed, Hassan A. Hassan, Hassan S. Abu Seif, and Ibrahim M. Abu Farag
Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy in a Young Female of Unknown Etiology with Pseudoaneurysm: A Case Report, Tariq Ashraf, Rashid Aziz, Amin M. Khuwaja, Syed M. Afaque, and Musa Karim
Low-Grade Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Right Atrium: Promising Survival with Complete Surgical Resection, Meshaal S. Alotaibi, Shabir H. Shah, Mohammad S. Khan, Salman T. Almalki, and Salman A. Faifi
Massive Hemoptysis and Recurrent Infective Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug User: A Case Report, Mutlaq Almutairi, Yasser Ahmed El-ghoneimy, Abdulaziz Omar Alghamdi, Hashem Abdulkarim Alkhamis, Ziyad Abdulmohsen Altayyar, and Khalid Mohsen Houbani
Mitral valve replacement in dilated cardiomyopathy: A valid option?, Mohamed H. Mashali, Nashwa Badawi, and Mohammed O. Galal
Myocardial Infarction Caused By An Enclosed Thrombus In A Patent Foramen Ovale, Meriem Boumaaz, Iliyasse Asfalou, Amine Hamami, Maha Raissouni, Zouhair Lakhal, and Aatif Benyass
Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Statement from the Cardiac Imaging Working Group of the Saudi Heart Association, Yasmin Hanfi, Mirvat Alasnag, Halia Alsherhi, Ahmed Alsaileek, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Abdullah Al Sehly, Adel Sallam, and Ahmed Aljizeeri
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as a biomarker for differentiating cardiac and pulmonary disease in term neonates with respiratory distress, Azza M. Ahmed, Nagwa Abd El-Ghffar Mohamed, Enas M. Abdelhamid, Randa I. Taha, and Maha M.A. Abo-Hashish
Occurence of left main occlusion on Tuesday: Chronobiology of acute myocardial infarction, Gianluca Rigatelli and Marco Zuin
Optimal Time Repair of Ventricular Septal Rupture Post Myocardial Infarction, Ibrahim Shafiei, Fatemeh Jannati, and Mansour Jannati
Pacemaker Detected Prolonged Atrial High Rate Episodes – Incidence, Predictors And Implications; A Retrospective Observational Study, Pratheesh George Mathen and David Chase
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Chronic Total Occlusion - Profile, Technique and Outcome -The Malabar Experience, Desabandhu Vinayakumar, Madhusudan Pramod Raikar, and Kurukkanparampil Sreedharan Mohanan
Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve in Failed Annuloplasty Ring and Paravalvular Leak Closure for Mechanical Aortic Valve- A Case Report, Hesham A. Naeim, Reda Abuelatta, Rifaat Alharach, Abderrahman Elhaj, Abdulaziz Alsuwayh, and Mohamed Azmi
Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma Resection in a Patient with a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device, Arif Albulushi MD; Ronald Zolty MD PHD; Brian Lowes MD, PhD; Amy L. Duhacheck-Stapleman MD; Tal Sandler MD; James N. Sullivan MD; and Douglas Stoller MD PHD
Perioperative management of Wilms’ tumor with intracardiac extension: Report of two cases with review of literature, Hayan Altwaeel, Mohamed S. Kabbani, Ahmad Al Shammari, Mohammed Al- Namshan, and Abdullah A. Alghamdi
Post Myocardial Infarction Papillary Muscle Rupture In The Context Of Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic, Nooraldaem Yousif, Vinayak Vadgaonkar, Helen Saunders, Mohammad Amin, Habib Tareif, and Fuad Abdulqader
Preoperative blood urea nitrogen-to-left ventricular ejection fraction ratio is an independent predictor of long-term major adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, Turan Erdogan, Mustafa Çetin, Goksel Çinier, Savas Ozer, Ahmet S. Yõlmaz, Ozan Karakisi, and Tuncay Kõrõs
Prevalence of cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors Among Jordanians, Wesam Saleh Alsaud, Mohammad Tabbaa, Violet Kasabri, Maysa Suyagh, Muneer Abu Alsamen, Hussain Haddad, and Anas Sheweiki
Removal of unusual multiple aortic valve fibroelastoma using right mini-thoracotomy, Muhammed Tamim Tamim, Marwan Sadek, Khaled Al-Faraidy, and Donya Al-Hassan
Right Ventricular Functions in Subphenotypes of Sickle Cell Disease, Ilham Youssry, Mohamed F. Shaltout, Antoine F. AbdelMassih, Carolyne Ghobrial, Mohammad Nabih, Ramy Doss, Raghda Fouda, and Amal El-Sisi
Safety of Returning Patients Immediately to Their Originating Hospitals After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Rahim Gul, Maksymilian P. Opolski, Mufti Akif, Mehboob A. Dar, Yasir Beshir, Haitham Sakr, Hassan Khalaf, Akram Eldesoky, Osama A. Smettei, Tariq I. Soomro, Mohammed Saied, Asim Ganawa, and Rami M. Abazid
Saudi Arabian Society Of Echocardiography Recommendations For Echocardiography Service During Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak, Sami Ghazal, Fatima Qaddoura, Abdulhalim Kinsara Kinsara, Ahmed Omran, Merna Atiyah, Mustafa Al Refae, Faisal Dalak, Saeed Al Ahmari, Abdullah Al Sehly, Noureldin Sahal, Ahmed Onazi, and Rima Bader
Subaortic Membrane and Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Rare association-Case series, Hussain Moafa, Mohammed Alnasef, Obayda M. Diraneyya, and Fahad Alhabshan
Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts mortality in infective endocarditis, Hicaz Z. Agus, Serkan Kahraman, Cagdas Arslan, Ceren Yildirim, Mehmet Erturk, Ali K. Kalkan, and Mustafa Yildiz
The association of diurnal blood glucose variability with subclinical cardiac disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Walid Shehab-Eldin, Ahmed Al-ashmawy, Mahmoud Kamel, Nesrin Elhelbawy, Alaaeldin Dawood, and Mostafa Elnajjar
The Carpentier-Edwards Classic And Physio Annuloplasty Rings In Repair Of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease: A Retrospective Study, Abubakari I. Sidiki MD; Alexandr G. Faybushevich MD, PHD; Alexandr N. Lishchuk MD, PHD; Alexandr N. Koltunov MD, PHD; Ekaterina A. Roshchina; and Jonas Atulebire Akambase
The Echocardiography Society of Saudi Heart Association Recommendation on Quality and Laboratory Accreditation Guideline and Standards, Abdulhalim Jamal Kinsara, Sami Ghazal, Ahmad S. Omran, and Esra Aleid
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hospital Management of TAVI Patients: TAVI team Thoughts and Recommendation, Mohamed Balgaith, Ahmed Arifi, Dalia Ahmed, and A. Mounir Metwally
The Prognostic Impact Of Pulse Pressure In Acute Heart Failure: Insights From The HEARTS Registry, Alwaleed Aljohar, Khalid Alhabib, Hussam AlFaleh, Ahmad Hersi, Waleed Al Habeeb, Anhar Ullah, Abdelfatah Elasfar, Ali Almasood, Abdullah Ghabashi, Layth Mimish, Saleh Alghamdi Alghamdi, Ahmed Abuosa, Asif Malik, Gamal Abdin Hussein, Mushabab Al Murayeh, and Tarek Kashour
The Role of Microbiologic Agents in the Progression of the Atherosclerosis: A comprehensive review, Ahmet Karabulut
The Trans-Septal Approach In Transcatheter Mitral Valve-In-Valve Implantation For Degenerative Bioprosthesis, Mohammed Al Otaiby, Turki A. Al Garni, Abdullah Alkhushail, Abdulrahman Almoghairi, Sondos Samargandy, Monirah Albabtain, Amr A. Arafat, and Hussein Alamri
The Use of Antidepressants in Patients with Heart Failure, Norah Alsumih, Rahaf Alqahtani, Faisal Almutairi, Rakan Faraj, Turki Alsubeai, Ahmed Alghanim, Shmylan Alharbi, and Hind Almodaimegh
Thrombus in transit through a patent foramen ovale, an unusual cause of cardiac embolism, Carlos Minguito-Carazo, Tomas Benito-Gonzalez, Julio C. Echarte-Morales, Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Mario Castano-Ruiz, and Felipe Fernandez-Vazquez
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Bahrain Experience, Nooraldaem Yousif, Suddharsan Subbramaniyam, Babu Thevan, Mohammad amin, Leena Sulaibikh, Nazar Bukamal, Habib Tareif, Sadananda Shivappa, Haitham Amin, and Husam A. Noor
Transfer of Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention During Ordinary & Pandemic Times Position statement of the Saudi Arabian Cardiac Intervention Society, Shukri M. Al Saif, Owayed Al Shammeri, Abdullah Alkhushail, Ramzi Almohammadi, and Mohamed Kurdi
Treatment of severe mitral regurgitation that mimics a para-ring mitral regurgitation after failed annuloplasty ring with MitraClip: A case report, Hesham Abdo Naeim, Waleed Saeed, Abeer Mahmood, Lamiaa Khedr, Ramy ELRowiny, and Reda Abuelatta
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation After Heart Transplantation: A Single-Center 10-Year Experience, Khaled D. Algarni, Amr A. Arafat, Claudio Pragliola, Yahya S. Alhebaishi, Latifa A. AlFayez, Khaled AlOtaibi, Abeer M. Bakhsh, Ahmed A. Amro, and Adam I. Adam
Ultra Long Stent in an Aberrant Right Coronary Artery, Desabandhu Vinayakumar and Jomy Vadasseril Jose
Ultraslow Thrombolytic Therapy In Stuck Mechanical Aortic Valve, Case Report, And Review Of The Literature, Hesham Abdo Naeim, Osama Amoudi, Amjad Karam, Abeer Mahmood, Ahmed Albagi, Ibraheem Alharbi, and Reda Abuelatta
Unusual cardiac presentation of COVID-19 with significant sinus pauses, Tarique S. Chachar, Salman K. Slais, Abdulrahman Almadani, and Adel K. Hamad
Validity of the Stent Thrombosis Risk Score in Predicting Early Stent Thrombosis after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Rajesh Kumar, Sahar Tariq, Madiha Fatima, Tahir Saghir, Mahesh Kumar Batra, Musa Karim, Jawaid Akbar Sial, Naveedullah Khan, and Syed Nadeem Hasan Rizvi