M. Zahedi, M. Shabestari, A. Eshraghi, M. A. Teshnizi, A. Gholoobi, H. poorzand, F. Ghaderi, J. Ramezani
{"title":"Immediate Results of Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty in Patients with Mitral Stenosis","authors":"M. Zahedi, M. Shabestari, A. Eshraghi, M. A. Teshnizi, A. Gholoobi, H. poorzand, F. Ghaderi, J. Ramezani","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.35183.1182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.35183.1182","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Mitral stenosis is a prevalent valvular disease in developing countries. Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) is the gold standard treatment. The main objective of this study was to assess the initial results of PMBV in patients with mitral stenosis during 16 years (2002-2018) in Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: From April 2002 to March 2018, 770 patients underwent PMV in department of cardiology. PMV was performed by the antegrade transseptal method using the Inoue balloon. Results: The obtained success rate was 97%. In this study, the valve area increased from 0.9±1.1 to 1.8±0.2 cm2 (P<0.0001). There was no case of peri-procedural death or cardiac tamponade. Additionally, 0.25% of the patients required mitral valve replacement. Severe mitral regurgitation occurred in 0.9% of the subjects. There was no case of cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, embolic myocardial infarction, or cardiac perforation. Supraventricular tachycardia occurred in 2.59% of the patients. Conclusion: The PMBV by the Inoue technique is a feasible and easy procedure with a short crossing times and low complications.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116764497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamidreza Rashidinejad, Foad Amanolahi, H. Safizadeh, M. Moazenzadeh
{"title":"Serum vitamin D level and hypertensive crises","authors":"Hamidreza Rashidinejad, Foad Amanolahi, H. Safizadeh, M. Moazenzadeh","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.35307.1184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.35307.1184","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction :Vitamin D deficiency is associated with hypertension; however, there is no study on the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and hypertensive crises. This study aimed to determine the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and hypertensive crises. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 120 individuals in Shafa Hospital in 2016 within the age range of 40-80 years, selected through simple random sampling technique. The research population was divided into two groups of hypertensive crises (n=60) with blood pressure over 180/120 mm/Hg and hypertensive patients without history of hypertension crises (n=60). For the purpose of the study, 5 ml peripheral venous blood samples were collected. The blood serum was isolated by a centrifugal device, and the serum vitamin D levels were analyzed by radioimmunoassay. Results: The meanlevels ofvitamin D in hypertensive and non- hypertensive crises groups were 29.73 and 30.23 ng/ml, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of vitamin D levels (P>0.05). However, no statistically significant difference was observed between the two groups considering gender (P>0.05). Serum vitamin D levels showed a direct correlationwith theduration of hypertension and age (P Conclusion:There is evidence on the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension. Nonetheless, in the present study, no significant relationship was observed between serum vitamin D level and hypertensive crises.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125119158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Seth, P. Mishra, J. Khandekar, C. Raut, Vaibhav Shah, Vijay Shewale
{"title":"A Rare Case of Severe Aortic Regurgitation with Silent Ascending Aortic Dissection","authors":"H. Seth, P. Mishra, J. Khandekar, C. Raut, Vaibhav Shah, Vijay Shewale","doi":"10.22038/jctm.2018.35046.1181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/jctm.2018.35046.1181","url":null,"abstract":"Classically, ascending aortic dissection (AD) presents as sudden, severe chest pain that is tearing type and radiates to the back. Herein, we present a rare case of severe aortic regurgitation with silent ascending AD, which had no chest pain symptoms. The aortic valve apparatus probably masked this AD; therefore, it was not detected by echocardiography and during the surgery.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132998755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Congress of Airway & Interstitial Lung Diseases (ICAILD 2018)","authors":"S. Lari","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.36491.1196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.36491.1196","url":null,"abstract":"“International Congress of Airway & Interstitial Lung Diseases” took place on November 14-16, 2018, in Pardisan Hotel,Mashhad,Iran. Hosted in our home city of Mashhad, the second largest city, in the North East of Iran. It is famous for the holy shrine of Imam Reza as well as Toos,the residence of Ferdowsi, the great Persian poet. The congress scientific program presented the best in science and educational sessions in the fields of Airway disorders and Interstitial Lung Diseases from outstanding researchers. The meeting was an excellent part for exchanging the knowledge and experiences between Pulmonary Medicine and other related disciplines in terms of Rheumatology, Radiology, Pathology, Occupational Medicine, and Thoracic Surgery. During this congress, experienced International speakers from USA, Italy, India, Jordan, South Africa, and Kuwait, were invited and participated and interactive sessions were held up. Additionally, interesting workshops about Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation, IOS, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test, Cryobiopsy in interstitial lung disease, and EBUS were performed.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125410673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Sheybani, H. Baharvahdat, M. Najafi, M. Alipour, A. Bameshki, Mohammad Hosein Eshaghi Ghalibaf, Shadi Sheibani
{"title":"Role of Magnesium Sulfate in Preventing Vasospasm and Maintaining Hemodynamic Stability in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Coiling for Brain Aneurysm","authors":"S. Sheybani, H. Baharvahdat, M. Najafi, M. Alipour, A. Bameshki, Mohammad Hosein Eshaghi Ghalibaf, Shadi Sheibani","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.34071.1174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.34071.1174","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Themaintenance of hemodynamic stability in brain aneurysm surgery has paramount clinical significance in order to prevent vasospasm in the patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Regarding this, the present study was conducted to assess the role of magnesium sulfate in preventing vasospasm and maintaining hemodynamic stability during endovascular coiling procedure for brain aneurysm. Materials and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 60 patients who were candidates for undergoing endovascular coiling for brain aneurysm. The patients were subjected to angiography through femoral artery catheterization. Then, they were randomly assigned into two treatment groups of case receiving magnesium sulfate and control administered normal saline. The vasospasm and hemodynamic status were measured and recorded during and following the surgery. Results: According to the results, no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of heart rate (p=0.98) and mean arterial pressure =p) 0.89( one hour post-surgery. Furthermore, there was no statistical difference between the two groups regarding the use of nimodipine ( p=0.11). Nevertheless, the frequency of vasospasm was significantly lower in the patients receiving magnesium sulfate, during surgery (p=0.037) and after surgery (p=0.02), compared to those administered normal saline. Conclusion: As the findings indicated, magnesium sulfate could lower the incidence of vasospasm during and following the endovascular coiling procedure for brain aneurysm. Moreover, it resulted in no adverse effects on the hemodynamic status of the patients.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"58 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128993849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akram Moghaddasi, M. Zare, R. Boostani, H. Kianifar, R. Shagholi
{"title":"Explaining Quality Indicators of Clinical Education Methods from the Perspective of Assistants","authors":"Akram Moghaddasi, M. Zare, R. Boostani, H. Kianifar, R. Shagholi","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.32239.1165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.32239.1165","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Clinical education is part of medical education where students gradually acquire skills by attending patients’ bedside. In fact, students use the acquired skills and logical experiences to resolve patients’ problems. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was performed using the non-guided content analysis method. The study population included 240 assistants from 13 educational groups in the School of Medicine of Mashhad, Iran, 121 of whom were enrolled in the study. Results: The clinical education methods included four main indicators of content, implementation process, professor, and interaction. According to the results, there were three components in the professor indicator, including the use of experiences of professors, application of expert professors, and continuous presence in all the methods. In addition, components of more practice and training were confirmed in all the methods. In the implementation process indicator, the component of feedback was emphasized in all the methods. Conclusion: According to our results, attention to the quality indicators of clinical education methods leads to the improvement of education status and performance.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114716064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Basiri, Mohaddeseh Ghelichli, S. Lari, S. Hejazi, Ali Vahidi Rad
{"title":"The Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool: A useful tool for pain assessment in intensive care units","authors":"R. Basiri, Mohaddeseh Ghelichli, S. Lari, S. Hejazi, Ali Vahidi Rad","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.32648.1169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.32648.1169","url":null,"abstract":"Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of pain, pain assessment can be challenging. Thus, several assessment tools for the evaluation of pain were developed, few of which were validated. Critical Care Pain Observation Tool is a valid and reliable instrument for pain assessment in different ICUs.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116293433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Yadollahi, Aliasghar Moeinipour, Hamid Hoseinikhah, J. Ramezani
{"title":"Late lumen loss in thoracic aortic end graft after endovascular procedure of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm","authors":"A. Yadollahi, Aliasghar Moeinipour, Hamid Hoseinikhah, J. Ramezani","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.31635.1162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.31635.1162","url":null,"abstract":"We report the case of a 23-year-old woman who died due to endograft stenosis 20 months after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. The patient presented with the pseudocoarctation syndrome. Although angioplasty of stenosis endograft was successfully performed, severe metabolic complications were lethal.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127081642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responses of Muscle Mitochondrial Function to Physical Activity: A Literature Review","authors":"K. Hejazi","doi":"10.22038/jctm.2018.32946.1171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/jctm.2018.32946.1171","url":null,"abstract":"Skeletal muscles play an active role in regulating the metabolic homeostasis through their ability for relating to adipose tissue and endocrine hormones. Contraction of the skeletal muscle leads to increased release of several myokines, such as irisin, which is able to interact with the adipose tissue. Physical activity promotes the irisin mechanism by augmenting the peroxisomes (PGC1-α) in the skeletal muscle. Afterwards, an elevation occurs in the membrane protein of fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5) in muscle, ultimately resulting in production of irisin. The expression of irisin and FNDC5 converts white adipose into the brown type and increases energy consumption by the whole body hindering obesity and diabetes. The effects of regular exercise training on preventing obesity, diabetes, and the related complications, as well as improving health have already been proven. However, the point is that these beneficial effects are due to the cellular-molecular mechanisms, which are still under discussion. In this review, we searched the online databases, including scientific information database (SID), Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus. The following keywords were used: training, physical activity, myokine, adipose tissue, PRDM16, PGC-1α, PPARγ, SIRT1, FGF21, bone morphogenetic protein, neurugolin, VEGF, and IL-15. All the articles, including research studies, review articles, descriptive and analytical studies, in addition to cross-sectional researches published during 1998-2017 were reviewed. According to the obtained results, it seems that expression of irisin and FNDC5 converts the white adipose into brown adipose resulting in increased energy consumption. It has been proven in the literature that regular exercise training prevents obesity, diabetes, and the related complications, as well as improving health.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"41 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133350840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Satish R Das, C. Mohapatra, Ashish Badkhal, S. Dhande, P. Pohekar, A. Khatod
{"title":"Cardiac Myxoma, a Rare But Most Common Encountered Cardiac Tumor: A Single Center Experience","authors":"Satish R Das, C. Mohapatra, Ashish Badkhal, S. Dhande, P. Pohekar, A. Khatod","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2018.32303.1166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2018.32303.1166","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Cardiac myxoma is a benign and rare tumor, which can present with a grim phenomenon if the presentation is late or the diagnosis and surgery are delayed. The purpose of this study was to share our institutional experience of cardiac myxoma. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate patients undergoing procedures at a single tertiary care centre for the treatment of cardiac myxoma during January, 2007 to December, 2017. Preoperative diagnosis was made by assessing clinical presentation and doing echocardiography. Complete tumor excision was performed, and all the patients were followed up for recurrence and complications. Results: A total of 45 cases of cardiac myxoma (13 males and 32 females) with the mean age of 37.5 years old (ranged between 16 and 60 years old) were operated over the period of 10 years. Cardiac myxoma constituted about 0.69% of all cardiac cases operated at our institute. Out of all the subjects, 41, 3, and 1 cases had left atrial, right atrial, and right ventricular involvements, respectively. Additionally, 43 patients (95%) survived the surgery, one recurrence was observed during the follow-up period. Conclusion: Cardiac myxoma is the most common cardiac tumor account for very small percentage of patients with heart disease. Early clinical suspicion and the use of imaging modalities are key to early diagnosis of this condition. Although these tumors have a risk for severe cardiac and systemic symptoms, referral to experienced centers for prompt surgical resection under cardiopulmonary bypass provides excellent early and long-term results.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127497935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}