Lakhal Zouhair

Exercise Echocardiography in the Diagnostic Work-up of Unexplained Dyspnoea: A Critical Narrative Review of Physiological Targets, Diagnostic Performance and Unresolved Controversies

Malki Mohamed, Loudiyi Nadia, Lakhal Zouhair & Benyass Aatif · Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2026

Background: Chronic exertional dyspnoea frequently remains unexplained after clinical assessment, natriuretic peptide measurement and resting echocardiography. Many underlying cardiovascular abnormalities, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and exercise p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrimps/2026/v15i4425

Patent Foramen Ovale Unmasked: A Contemporary Critical Review of Diagnostic Evaluation and Evidence-based Closure Indications

Malki Mohamed, Loudiyi Nadia, Lakhal Zouhair & Benyass Aatif · Asian Journal of Cardiology Research · 2026

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in roughly one quarter of adults, yet it becomes clinically consequential in only a small minority. This asymmetry defines the central difficulty of the field: distinguishing a causally implicated interatrial communication from an anatomica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajcr/2026/v9i1396

A Coronary Artery Aneurysm with a Large Subepicardial Ischemia in a Patient Undergoing a Valvular Heart Surgery: Should a Coronary Artery Bypass be Combined or Not? A Case Report

Inasse Bargach, Soumaila Nikiema, Désiré Massimbo, Lakhal Zouhair, Najat Mouine & Aatif Benyass · Asian Journal of Cardiology Research · 2022

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is a rare coronary disease defined as a dilation of a coronary artery 1.5 times or more its normal size. It is often revealed by an acute myocardial infarction however sometimes  it can be completely asymptomatic .Because of the relative rarity of t...

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