Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal disorder characterized by increased levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol. The FH clinical phenotype has been shown to be associated with increased coronary heart disease and premature death. We report tw...
We report the case of a 18 years old male, who presented to the emergency department for prolonged fever, weight loss, with a systolic murmur, echocardiography showed a tetralogy of fallot with multiple vegetations on the pulmonary ejection pathway and pericardial effusion. The d...
Hanane Mechal, Kawtar Mouammine, Meryem Haboub, Salim Arous, Mohamed El Ghali Benouna, Abdenacer Drighil, Leila Azzouzi, Selma ElYazidi, Youssef Toumi & Rachida Habbal·Asian Journal of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases·2022
We report the case of a 28 years old female patient operated for mitral valve replacement. The baseline postoperative transthoracic echocardiography at 8 weeks after surgery revealed an anechoic addition image of the basal segment of LV posterior wall with a discontinuity between...
Hanane Mechal, Meryem Haboub, Kawtar Mouamine, Ahmed El Adaoui, Salim Arous, Mohamed El Ghali Benouna, Abdenacer Drighil, Leila Azzouzi, Selma ElYazidi, Youssef Toumi & Rachida Habbal·Asian Journal of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases·2022
We report the case of a 47 years-old female who presented to the emergency department with acute pain and coldness in the left lower limb 5 months after surgical closure of atrial septal defects. Initial examination was consistent with a clinical presentation of acute limb ischem...
Hanane Mechal, Meryem Haboub, Kawtar Mouamine, Meriem Elmoussaid, Karim Mounaouir, Salim Arous, Mohamed El Ghali Benouna, Abdenacer Drighil, Leila Azzouzi & Rachida Habbal·Asian Journal of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases·2022
Introduction: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is associated with aging-related diseases. CHF in African elderly is a severe and frequent condition, responsible for a high mortality and hospitalization rate. However very few studies report particularities of CHF in this population....