12 articles in this issue
Munish Sharma, Koroush Khalighi
The use of fluoroscopic devices exposes patients and operators to harmful effects of ionizing radiation in an electrophysiology (EP) lab. We sought to know if the newer fluoroscopic technology (Allura Clarity) installed in a hybrid EP helps to reduce pres... see more
Athanasios K. Petridis, Marius Kaschner, Jan F. Cornelius, Marcel A. Kamp, Angelo Tortora, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Bernd Turowski
With modern imaging modalities of the brain a significant number of unruptured aneurysms are detected. However, not every aneurysm is prone to rupture. Because treatment morbidity is about 10% it is crucial to identify unstable aneurysms for which treatme... see more
Anastasia Verentzioti, George Stranjalis, Theodosis Kalamatianos, Anna Siatouni, Damianos E. Sakas, Stylianos Gatzonis
We aimed at establishing the epidemiologic profile of first epileptic seizures (FES) in the Greek island of Lesvos. During a 1- year period (01/06/2010 to 31/05/2011), cases of FES admitted to the Lesvos General Hospital/addressed by general practitioners... see more
Gasim I. Gasim, Abdelmageed Elmugabil, Hamdan Z. Hamdan, Duria A. Rayis, Ishag Adam
The objective was to investigate the prevalence and the association between blood groups and Helicobacter pylori IgG seropositivity among pregnant Sudanese women. A cross-sectional survey was carried- out at Saad Abul Ela Maternity Hospital, Khartoum, Sud... see more
Claudio Pragliola, Sara Di Michele, Domenico Galzerano
A 56-year old male with ischemic heart disease and an unremarkable preoperative echocardiogram underwent surgical coronary revascularization. An intraoperative post pump trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TOE) performed while the patient was being ventilate... see more
Ali Ghani, Irfan Ahsan, Charles Gottleib
We present here a 45-year-old male with no past medical problem who presented with palpitations. He was found to have supraventricular tachycardia intractable to medical therapy. Later his rhythm converted to junctional tachycardia. Further workup reveale... see more
Kamal E.H. Mohamed, Rusha A.E. Ali
Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) represents 0.04-0.5% of all malignant breast tumors, <1% of all patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and 1.7-2.2% of all patients with extra nodal lymphomas. Despite the high prevalence of breast cancer, primary breast ly... see more
Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Amanda R. McFee Winans, Swetha Murthi, Mudassar Raees Ahmad, Scott Kaatz
Apixaban is an oral anticoagulant that directly inhibits Factor Xa and is indicated for the prophylaxis and treatment of deep venous thrombosis and stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Rectus sheath hematoma is a rare, life-threatening c... see more
Girish D. Bakhshi, Rajesh G. Chincholkar, Jasmine R. Agarwal, Madhukar R. Gupta, Prachiti S. Gokhe, Amogh R. Nadkarni
Gallstone ileus is a mechanical intestinal obstruction caused due to impaction of a large gallstone within the bowel. The ideal treatment of gallstone ileus remains controversial, with the main dilemma being between a one-stage and a two-stage surgical pr... see more
Munish Sharma, Rohit Masih, Daniel A.N. Mascarenhas
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide with an estimated number of 2.7-6.1 million cases in the United States (US) alone. The incidence of AF is expected to increase 2.5 fold over the next 50 years in the US. The manageme... see more
Faris Hannoodi, Hashim Alwash, Kushal Shah, Israa Ali, Sarwan Kumar, Khalid Zakaria
Torsades de pointes is a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Occurrence of this arrhythmia as a result of hypoglycemia has not been reported in the literature. We describe an interesting case of an insulindependent diabetic patient presenting with torsad... see more
Ghulam Murtaza, Zia ur Rahman, Puja Sitwala, Vatsal Ladia, Bhavesh Barad, Kais Albalbissi, Timir K. Paul, Vijay Ramu
Embolic events from infective endocarditis can cause acute coronary syndrome. Mortality rate is high and optimal management might be different from those chosen in setting of classic atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. We present a case of 56-yearold... see more