Background: The complete absence hepatic portion of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is known as “interruption” of the IVC. Congenital interruption of the IVC can rarely occur in patients with a normal visceroatrial situs. It is an uncommon vascular anomaly caused by failure in embry...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4514
Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery is a congenital heart defect in which it arises from the right coronary sinus. This anomaly carries a high risk of sudden death. The diagnosis can be made by ultrasound examination. Silent myocardial ischemia must be sought. Vario...
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is responsible for regulating heart rate and blood pressure and maintaining homeostasis during physiological stresses. Nervous dysautonomias are often observed in patients presenting cardiovascular symptoms. Despite that, other important but les...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2023/v12i4377
Acquired pulmonary stenosis in adults due to extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery is a rare manifestation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The incidence remains poorly known in the literature since only a few sporadic cases are described. The clinical management is direc...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2023/v12i4361
Secondary hypertension is defined as arterial hypertension due to an identifiable cause, and therefore can be cured when the underlying cause is treated. It is a rare entity, often underdiagnosed, with an overall prevalence estimated at 10% of hypertensive patients in literature....
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i2484
Background: Coronary artery embolization is an exceedingly rare cause of myocardial infarction, but a few cases in association with prosthetic mechanical valves have been reported. We report a case of embolic myocardial infarction in a patient with critical mitral stenosis and AF...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i2482
Introduction: Acute aortic syndromes (AAS) relate to a range of different entities, including aortic dissection (AD), intramural haematoma (IMH), penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAU) and traumatic or iatrogenic aortic dissection. They require rapid diagnosis and a high level...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i1477
Lactococcus lactis (L. lactis) a gram-positive cocci used in the production of cheese and dairy products. Generally considered non-pathogenic in humans, rare cases have been reported describing L. lactis infections. Of these, infective endocarditis has been reported in a small nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v14i3292
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) and supine hypertension (SH) are two cardiovascular symptoms of autonomic failure that frequently coexist in the same patient. Clinicians are faced with a dilemma because aggressive orthostatic intolerance treatment can exacerbate supine hypertension,...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2023/v12i4356
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCC) is characterized by trabeculations in either one or both ventricles. Clinical presentation is highly variable: dyspnea, palpitation, thromboembolic events, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. There are currently no universally-accepted criteri...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2023/v12i3334
Pericardial decompression syndrome (PDS) is an unusual, potentially fatal complication that occurs after pericardial drainage for cardiac tamponade. either by needle pericardiocentesis or surgical pericardiostomy. It manifests with paradoxical hemodynamic deterioration and/or pul...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2022/v15i330156