Submissions from 2011
Effect of percutaneous mitral vavuloplasty on pregnant mother and foetus--a tertiary care hospital experience from a developing country, Syed Haider Imam, Abbas Haider Zaidi, Sana Shoukat, and Sajid H. Dhakam
Mother and child technique combined with super selective pharmacological intervention for large intracoronary thrombus, Nasir Rahman and Sajid H. Dhakam
Variability and persistence of aspirin response in lower extremity peripheral arterial disease patients, Justin Saunders, Vijay Nambi, Kay T. Kimball, Salim S. Virani, Joel D. Morrisett, Alan B. Lumsden, Christie M. Ballantyne, Jing-Fei Dong, and ELIMIT Investigators
Cardiac troponin T measured by a highly sensitive assay predicts coronary heart disease, heart failure, and mortality in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study, Justin T. Saunders, Vijay Nambi, James A. de Lemos, Lloyd E. Chambless, Salim S. Virani, Eric Boerwinkle, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Xiaoxi Liu, Brad C. Astor, and Thomas H. Mosley
Cardiac electrophysiology studies and ablations for treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias--an initial experience from Karachi, Azam Shafquat, Aamer Imdad, Salman Khalid, and Syed Zahid Jamal
Aneurysm of sinus of valsalva, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Nageeb Basir, and Saulat H. Fatimi
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy vs acute myocardial infarction: diagnostic utility of subtle ECG differences, Asma Saba Syed and Umair Khalid
Non-HDL cholesterol as a metric of good quality of care: Opportunities and challenges, Salim S. Virani
Usefulness of single nucleotide polymorphism in chromosome 4q25 to predict in-hospital and long-term development of atrial fibrillation and survival in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, Salim S. Virani, Ariel Brautbar, Vei-Vei Lee, Macarthur Elayda, Shehzad Sami, Vijay Nambi, Lorraine Frazier, James M. Wilson, James T. Willerson, and Eric Boerwinkle
Relation of cholesterol and lipoprotein parameters with carotid artery plaque characteristics: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) carotid MRI study, Salim S. Virani, Diane J. Catellier, Lisa A. Pompeii, Vijay Nambi, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Bruce A. Wasserman, Josef Coresh, Thomas H. Mosley, James D. Otvos, and A Richey Sharrett
Update on therapies targeting HDL: The mystery continues, Salim S. Virani and Christie M Ballantyne Christie M Ballantyne
Barriers to non-HDL cholesterol goal attainment by providers, Salim S. Virani, Lynne Steinberg, Tyler Murray, Smita Negi, Vijay Nambi, LeChauncy D. Woodard, Biykem Bozkurt, Laura A. Petersen, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Relationship between circulating levels of RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed, and secreted) and carotid plaque characteristics: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) carotid MRI study, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi Vijay Nambi, Ron Hoogeveen, Bruce A. Wasserman, Josef Coresh, Franklyn Gonzalez 2nd, Lloyd E. Chambless, Thomas H. Mosley, Eric Boerwinkle, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease, Salim S. Virani, LeChauncy D. Woodard, Supicha S. Chitwood, Cassie R. Landrum, Tracy H. Urech, Degang Wang, Jeffrey Murawsky, Christie M. Ballantyne, and Laura A. Petersen
Institutional, provider, and patient correlates of low-density lipoprotein and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment according to the adult treatment panel III guidelines, Salim S. Virani, Lechauncy D. Woodard, Cassie R. Landrum, Kenneth Pietz, Degang Wang, Christie M. Ballantyne, and Laura A. Petersen
Segmental analysis of carotid arterial strain using speckle-tracking, Eric Y. Yang, Hisham Dokainish, Salim S. Virani, Arunima Misra, Allison M. Pritchett, Nasser Lakkis, Gerd Brunner, Jaromir Bobek, Marti L. McCulloch, and Craig J. Hartley
Real-time co-registration using novel ultrasound technology: Ex vivo validation and in vivo applications, Eric Y. Yang, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, Michael J. Washburn, William Zang, Anne L. Hall, Salim S. Virani, Megan D. Hodge, Dan Parker, William S. Kerwin, and Gerald M. Lawrie
Submissions from 2010
Pleuro pericardial cyst, Amina Adil, Shahrukh Hashmani, and Ghufran Ullah Khan
Percutaneous coronary intervention in unprotected left main coronary artery disease, Hafeez Ahmed, Javed Majid Tai, and Sajid H. Dhakam
QRS duration and echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, Hafeez Ahmed, Javed Majid Tai, Sohail Abrar Khan, and Muniza Yousuf
Emergency evaluation of acute chest pain, Aysha Almas, Om Parkash, Aamir Hameed, and Muhammad Islam
A simpler approach to seal severe coronary perforation with bare metal stent, Sajid Dhakam and Nasir Rahman
Study of cardiac autonomic function in drug-naive, newly diagnosed epilepsy patients, Peter Mativo, Javad Anjum, Cauchy Pradhan, Talakad N. Sathyaprabha, Trichur R. Raju, and Parthasarathy Satishchandra
Vanishing Platelets Rapid and Extreme Tirofiban-Induced Thrombocytopenia after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nasir Rahman and Fahim H. Jafary
The utility of modified Butler-Leggett criteria for right ventricular hypertrophy in detection of clinically significant shunt ratio in ostium secundum-type atrial septal defect in adults, Adeel M. Siddiqui, Zainab Samad, Nina Hakacova, James Kinsella, Cary Ward, Michael White, Anna Lisa C. Crowley, Galen S. Wagner, and J. Kevin Harrison
Tuberculous endocarditis: valvular and right atrial involvement, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Saulat H. Fatimi, Bushra Jamil, Sherif E. Moustafa, and Farouk Mookadam
Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease: An Evidence-Based Systematic Overview, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Sherif E. Moustafa, Jamil Talik, Tahlil Warsame, Usha Emani, Mohsen Alharthi, and Farouk Mookadam
Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur Elayda, Shun Kohsaka, Wei Pan, Ross M. Reul, James M. Wilson, and Laura A. Petersen
Submissions from 2009
Incidental diagnosis of interrupted aortic arch in a 72-year-old man, Mahboob Alam, Leo Simpson, Salim S. Virani, Benjamin Cheong, Pranav Loyalka, and Andrew B. Civitello
Cardiac sarcoidosis: A clinical entity uncommonly recognized, Mahboob Alam, Salim S. Virani, Leo Simpson, Stephen B. Williams, and James M. Wilson
Images in echocardiography: A freely floating saphenous vein graft, Vijay G. Divakaran, W Ross Brown, and Salim S. Virani
Secondary prevention of heart disease - knowledge among cardiologists and Omega-3 (Omega-3) fatty acid prescribing behaviors in Karachi, Pakistan, Saqib A. Gowani, Sana Shoukat, Ather M. Taqui, Hashim M. Hanif, Wasiq F. Rawasia, Zeeshan Qadri, and Sajid H. Dhakam
Admission creatine kinase as a prognostic marker in acute myocardial infarction, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Saleem Perwaiz Iqbal, Ayla Bakr, and Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal
Comparison of non cardiac chest pain (NCCP) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients presenting to a tertiary care center, Om Parkash, Aysha Almas, Aamir Hameed, and Muhammad Islam
Efficacy and tolerability of multidrug therapy for hypertriglyceridemia, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, Vijay Nambi, Salim S. Virani, Danièle Zoch, Eric Y. Yang, Peter H. Jones, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Lipid management: Considerations in acute coronary syndrome, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, Salim S. Virani, and Vijay Nambi
Non-invasive prediction of ST elevation myocardial infarction complications by left ventricular Tei index, Nasir Rahman, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, and Muniza Yousaf
Education and risk for acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study, A. Rosengren, S. V. Subramanian, S. Islam, C. K. Chow, A. Avezum, K. Kazmi, K. Sliwa, M. Zubaid, S. Rangarajan, and S. Yusuf
Clinical significance, angiographic characteristics, and short-term outcomes in 30 patients with early coronary artery graft failure, Salim S. Virani, M Alam, C E. Mendoz, H Arora, A C. A C Ferreira, and E de Marchena
Obesity: An independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery?, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur A. Elayda, Wei Pan, Laura A. Petersen, James M. Wilson, James T. Willerson, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Submissions from 2008
Clinical outcomes of sirolimus with eluting stent implantation in coronary artery disease, Munsif Ali, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, Zaman Shah, Islam Hussain, Khezar Shahzada Syed, and Hadi Mohammad Khan
Knowledge of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors and coronary intervention among university students, Aysha Almas, Aamir Hameed, and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Pacemaker patients' perception of unsafe activities: a survey, Masooma Aqeel, Azam Shafquat, and Nawal Salahuddin
Contrast echocardiography for right-sided heart conditions: Case reports and literature review, Harvinder Arora, Salim S. Virani, Leo Simpson, and Raymond F. Stainback
Cough-assisted maintenance of perfusion during asystole., Fahim H. Jafary
Survival of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a developing country - patient characteristics and predictors of mortality, Fahim H. Jafary, Ahmad Zafir Arham, Fahad Waqar, Ali Raza, and Hafeez Ahmed
Prosthetic valve thrombosis despite seemingly-adequate anticoagulation: the dangers of transient lapses in anticoagulation, Fahim H. Jafary and K. Hassan
Disproportionately high risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in Indo-Asian women: A call for more studies, Fahim H. Jafary and Tazeen Jafar
Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia induced by left ventriculography during diagnostic catheterisation: a rare event., Fahim H Jafary and Azam Shafquat
Extrapleural hydatid disease of chest: a case of recurrent hydatid disease, Ameer Ali Khowaja, Saqib Ali Gowani, Asmatullah Khan, and Saulat H. Fatimi
Long-term clinical outcome of coronary artery stenting or coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with multiple-vessel disease, Shun Kohsaka, Masashi Goto, Salim S. Virani, Vei-Vei Lee, Noriaki Aoki, MacArthur A. Elayda, Ross M. Reul, and James M. Wilson
Prosthesis-patient mismatch affects long-term survival after mechanical valve replacement, Shun Kohsaka, Shaulnie Mohan, Salim S. Virani, Vei-Vei Lee, Ariadna Contreras, George J. Reul, and Stephanie A. Coulter
Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention for graft failure immediately after coronary artery bypass grafting: Case report and review of literature, Stewart Levine, Cesar E. Mendoza, Salim S. Virani, Glenn Barquet, Joshua Purow, Kushagra Katariya, and Tomas Salerno
Lipid management: Considerations in acute coronary syndrome, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, Salim S. Virani, and Vijay Nambi
Knowledge and practice of radiation safety among invasive cardiologists, Nasir Rahman, Sajid H. Dhakam, Azam Shafqut, Sadia Qadir, and Fateh Ali Tipoo
Very late sirolimus-eluting stent displaced fracture in the mid-left anterior descending artery., Nasir Rahman, Sajid Dhakam, and Khawar Abbass Kazmi
Intramyocardial hematoma after coronary perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention--anticipated and treated., Nasir Rahman, Hasanat Sharif, and Fahim H Jafary
ST segment resolution post MI--a predictor of better outcomes, Shuja-ur-Rehman, Sidrah Sheikh, and Mohsin Nazeer
How to identify patients with vulnerable plaques, Salim S. Virani and Christie M. Ballantyne
Does preoperative statin therapy improve outcomes in patients undergoing isolated cardiac valve surgery?, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur Elayda, Ross M. Reul, James M. Wilson, and Christie Ballantyne
Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Mehdi Razavi, Vei-Vei Lee, MacArthur Elayda, James M. Wilson, and Christie M. Ballantyne
Novel markers of inflammation in atherosclerosis, Salim S. Virani, Venkateshwar R. Polsani, and Vijay Nambi
Awareness of the risk factors, presenting features and complications of hypertension amongst hypertensives and normotensives, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Saqib A. Gowani, Faria Amber Irani, and Mohammad Ishaq
Submissions from 2007
Transcatheter closure of small-to-large patent ductus arteriosus with different devices: queries and challenges, Mehnaz Atiq, Nadeem Aslam, and Khawar A. Kazmi
The "incidental" episode of ventricular fibrillation: a case report, Fahim H. Jafary
Outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention at a joint commission international accredited hospital in a developing country -- can good results, possibly similar to the west, be achieved?, Fahim H. Jafary, Hafeez Ahmed, and Jawad Kiani
Prognosis of hospitalized new-onset systolic heart failure in Indo-Asians--a lethal problem, FAHIM H. JAFARY, MAHESH KUMAR, and IRFAN E. CHANDNA
Management of failed thrombolysis after acute myocardial infarction: An overview of current treatment options, Cesar E. Mendoza, Mehul R. Bhatt, Salim S. Virani, Alan H. Schob, Stewart Levine, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena
Simultaneous kissing stents for the treatment of left main stenosis in cardiogenic shock, Rahman N, Dhakam S, and Nadeem N
Left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, Nasir Rahman, Javed Tai, and Adil Soofi
Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome in dextrocardia and situs inversus, Muhammad Adil Soofi and Asad Pathan
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken-heart syndrome, Salim S. Virani, A Nasser Khan, Cesar E. Mendoza, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena
Left main coronary artery stenosis: Factors predicting cardiac events in patients awaiting coronary surgery, Salim S. Virani, Cesar E. Mendoza, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena
The role of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 as a marker for atherosclerosis, Salim S. Virani and Vijay Nambi
Cor triatriatum dexter, Tharak R. Yarrabolu, Leo Simpson, Salim S. Virani, Harvinder Arora, Joseph Navarijo, and Raymond F. Stainback
Submissions from 2006
Compliance to antihypertensive therapy, Aysha Almas, Aamir Hameed, Bilal Ahmed, and Muhammad Islam
When one won't do it, use two-double "buddy" wiring to facilitate stent advancement across a highly calcified artery, Fahim H. Jafary
Drug eluting stents: data from a clinical registry, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Nasir Rahman, Khawar Kazmi, Sajid Dhakam, Fahim Jafary, Najaf Nadeem, Sohail Abrar, Aamir Hameed, and Javaid Tai
Cardiac myxomas--clinical spectrum and outcome, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Ali Syed, Khawar Kazmi, and Sajid Dhakam
Submissions from 2005
Correlation between apoptotic endothelial microparticles and serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in healthy men, Julio A. Chirinos, Juan P. Zambrano, Salim S. Virani, Joaquin J. Jimenez, Wenche Jy, Eugene Ahn, Lawrence L. Horstman, Agustin Castellanos, Robert J. Myerburg, and Yeon S. Ahn
Preoperative use of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in very high-risk patients prior to urgent noncardiac surgery, Fahim H. Jafary
Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan--a cause for concern, Fahim H. Jafary, Fawad Aslam, Hussain Mahmud, Abdul Waheed, Murtaza Shakir, Atif Afzal, Mohammad A. Qayyum, Javed Akram, Iqbal S. Khan, and Irshad U. Haque
Cardiogenic shock after dipyridamole administration for myocardial perfusion imaging, Fahim H. Jafary, Nageeb Basir, Adnan Amin, and Nasiruddin Ahmed
The thrombus laden coronary artery--forget the fancy stuff, just aspirate it!, Fahim H. Jafary and Syed M. Najaf
Non-traumatic aortic emergencies--experience from a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadeemullah Khan, Junaid A. Razzak, Hasanat Sharif, and Saqib Hamid Qazi
Cardiac rupture during stress echocardiography, S N. Nadeem, Khurshid Hassan, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Hasanat M. Sharif, and Blair O'Neill
Spontaneous multivessel coronary artery dissection associated with elevated homocysteine levels, Syed Muhammad Najaf, Ata-Ur- Rehman Quraishi, and Khawar Abbas Kazmi
Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with significant pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis, Ata ur Rehman Quraishi, Arif Anis Khan, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Syed Muhammad Najaf, M Najib Basir, Azam Shafquat, Fahim Jafary, and Sajid Dhakan
Late in-stent restenosis in a patient with drug-eluting stent, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Khawar Kazmi, Sajid Dhakam, and Ata-ur-Rehman Quraishi
Off-pump coronary artery grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease, Salim S. Virani, Pierluca Lombardi, Hassan Tehrani, Saqib Masroor, Said Yassin, Tomas Salerno, Hooshang Bolooki, and Kushagra Katariya
Submissions from 2004
Maximum tolerable dose of cyclophosphamide and azathioprine in Pakistani patients with primary renal disease, S S. Ali, M A. Rabbani, S S M Moinuddin, Salim S. Virani, F Farooque, A Salam, and A Ahmad
Chronic total occlusion of left main coronary artery, Sajid Dhakam and Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan
Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia increases circulating levels of endothelial cell microparticles, Alexandre C. Ferreira, Arley A. Peter, Armando J. Mendez, Joaquín J. Jimenez, Lucia M. Mauro, Julio A. Chirinos, Reyan Ghany, Salim S. Virani, Santiago Garcia, and Lawrence L. Horstman
Acute myocardial infarction in a young patient, Aamir Hameed and Ata-ur-Rehman Quraishi
Clarithromycin induced digoxin toxicity: case report and review, N Kiran, S Azam, and S Dhakam
Percutaneous coronary intervention before noncardiac surgery: More threat than benefit?, Cesar E. Mendoza, Neerav Shah, and Salim S. Virani
Noncardiac surgery following percutaneous coronary intervention, Cesar E. Mendoza, Salim S. Virani, Neerav Shah, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena
Myocardial infarction during factor IX infusion in hemophilia B: case report and review of the literature, Syed Muhammad Najaf, Amyn Malik, Ata-Ur-Rehman Quraishi, Khawar Kazmi, and Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto
Outcome of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction, Fateh Ali Tipoo Sultan, Ata Rehman Quraishi, Syed Mohammad Najaf, Khawar Abbas Kazmi, Fahim Jafary, Sajid Dhakam, and Azam Shafquat
Graves' disease and pulmonary hypertension: report of 2 cases, Salim S. Virani, Cesar E. Mendoza, Alexandre C. Ferreira, and Eduardo de Marchena