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Quality of anticoagulation control among patients with atrial fibrillation: An experience of a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia
Conclusion Quality of anticoagulation in patients with AF receiving medical care in a tertiary care hospital was suboptimal, with nearly 40% of the time spent outside the therapeutic range. Methods to improve anticoagulation control among patients with AF should be implemented.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - March 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Value of three-dimensional echocardiography study of left ventricle function correlated to coronary arterial dominance in predicting the outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Conclusion In patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI, left coronary artery dominance confers a higher risk of various adverse clinical events after primary PCI, during hospital stay, and at 3 months follow-up compared to right and balanced coronary artery dominance.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - February 26, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes among patients with first presentation acute myocardial infarction in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)
Conclusions First presentation AMI patients tend to be older and to have lower rates of risk factors. Adverse clinical outcomes such as congestive heart failure, reinfarction, cardiogenic shock and stroke were higher among patients with first presentation AMI compared to patients with previous history of ACS.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - March 18, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes among patients with first presentation acute myocardial infarction in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-II)
ConclusionsFirst presentation AMI patients tend to be older and to have lower rates of risk factors. Adverse clinical outcomes such as congestive heart failure, reinfarction, cardiogenic shock, and stroke were higher among patients with first presentation AMI compared to patients with a history of ACS.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - July 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Value of three-dimensional echocardiography study of left ventricle function correlated to coronary arterial dominance in predicting the outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention
ConclusionIn patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI, left coronary artery dominance confers a higher risk of various adverse clinical events after primary PCI, during hospital stay, and at 3 months follow-up compared to right and balanced coronary artery dominance.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - July 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes among patients with first presentation acute myocardial infarction in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-II)
ConclusionsFirst presentation AMI patients tend to be older and to have lower rates of risk factors. Adverse clinical outcomes such as congestive heart failure, reinfarction, cardiogenic shock, and stroke were higher among patients with first presentation AMI compared to patients with a history of ACS.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Value of three-dimensional echocardiography study of left ventricle function correlated to coronary arterial dominance in predicting the outcome of primary percutaneous coronary intervention
ConclusionIn patients with STEMI treated with primary PCI, left coronary artery dominance confers a higher risk of various adverse clinical events after primary PCI, during hospital stay, and at 3 months follow-up compared to right and balanced coronary artery dominance.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Myocardial Function in Saudi Adolescents with Vitamin D Deficiency, Tissue Doppler Imaging Study
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of 25 (OH)D deficiency on the myocardial function and other echocardiographic variables in adolescent, using Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and to correlate these parameters with 25 (OH)D level. The study included 84 healthy adolescents, consecutively selected from adolescents attending the outpatient clinic of Saad Specialist Hospital, KSA between September 2013 and October 2014. The study population was classified into two groups; vitamin D deficient group with 25(OH)D level less than 20 ng/mL and normal vitamin D (control group) with 25(OH)D equal or more than 30 ng/mL. Both...
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - June 26, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Myocardial function in Saudi adolescents with vitamin D deficiency: Tissue Doppler imaging study
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of 25(OH)D deficiency on the myocardial function and other echocardiographic variables in adolescent, using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and to correlate these parameters with 25(OH)D level. The study included 84 healthy adolescents, consecutively selected from adolescents attending the outpatient clinic of Saad Specialist Hospital, KSA between September 2013 and October 2014. The study population was classified into two groups; vitamin D deficient group with 25(OH)D level less than 20ng/mL and normal vitamin D (control group) with 25(OH)D equal or more than 30ng/mL. Both gro...
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - July 17, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Clinical characteristics and outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Saudi population – A single cardiac center experience
ConclusionThe HCM population in our Center is young, predominantly male with largely reverse curvatum morphology and mitral regurgitation observed in half of the cases. A country-wide registry is warranted to further explore HCM phenotypes in the Saudi population.
Source: Journal of the Saudi Heart Association - October 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

In ‐hospital ventricular arrhythmia in heart failure patients: 7 year follow‐up of the multi‐centric HEARTS registry
ConclusionsLower mean age of VA complicated HF patients is a matter of concern in the Saudi population. HF associated with VA increased in ‐hospital events and all‐cause mortality indicating poor prognosis and survival. These findings enable risk stratification and reflect on the importance of early recognition of the clinical markers and predictors of VA prompting immediate management.
Source: ESC Heart Failure - November 20, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Basel Alenazy, Shabana Tharkar, Tarek Kashour, Khalid Faiz Alhabib, Hussam Alfaleh, Ahmad Hersi Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research

Effect of a low dose of empagliflozin on short-term outcomes in type 2 diabetics with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention
CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed that adding low dose empagliflozin to standard care of ACS diabetic patients after PCI was associated with no significant reduction in negative cardiovascular outcomes during 6 months.PMID:35537720 | DOI:10.15537/smj.2022.43.5.20220018
Source: Atherosclerosis - May 10, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Seyed Mohammad H Adel Fateme Jorfi Hoda Mombeini Homeira Rashidi Saad Fazeli Source Type: research