Current Trends in Cardiology

Left atrium function testing in pre- and post-balloon mitral valvotomy patients using 2d speckle tracking of strain imaging.

• Sameer Ambar, Suresh Patted,Sanjay Porwal,Prasad M.R,Vijay Metgudmath,Anupama Khanapur

Identification of severe coronary stenosis by two-dimensional strain in acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation.

• Andrea de Andrade Vilela, Jorge Eduardo Assef, Elizabete Silva Santos, Fernando Rui Ramos, David Costa de Souza Le Bihan, Rodrigo Bellio de Mattos Barretto, Amanda Guerra de Moraes Rego Sousa

To determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and lipoprotein abnormalities among siblings of young acute myocardial infarction patients.

• Awadhesh Kumar Sharma, Ranjit Kumar Nath, Neeraj Pandit

Comparison of initial outcomes between minimally invasive right minithoracotomy and standard median sternotomy in patients undergoing isolated surgical closures of atrial septal defects.

• Sumsul Arif Mohammad Musa, Mauin Uddin, Syed Al Nahian, Mohammad Parvez Ahmed, Saikat Das Gupta, Rubana Forhad, Prasanta Kumar Chanda, Farooque Ahmed and Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman Miah

Anti-embolic stockings (AES) for cardiac surgery patients in the perioperative period.

• Mohammad Miah, Mauin Uddin, Mohammad Parvez Ahmed, Syed Al Nahian, Thomas Seddon, Ahmed Ashoub

An audit project to improve the service management of patients presenting with acute stroke compared to the standard guidelines.

• Hussein Taqi, Mohanad Aldiwani , Ahmed Zwain