Cardiovascular Topics

The advantages of direct oral anticoagulants (apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, dabigatran) over warfarin and low molecular weight heparin have been demonstrated in many studies in the treatment of patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, a single-centre study comparing the effectiveness and safety of oral anticoagulants against each other has not yet been conducted.

To describe a patient education (PE) pilot project named “the Heart School” at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar.

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) poses a significant global health challenge due to its high rates of premature morbidity, mortality, and disability, particularly in low-income countries. Existing risk scoring systems for valve replacement in cardiac surgery have primarily focused on non-RHD cases, making them less applicable to RHD patients due to the distinct pathology of valvular damage. This...

Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is a well-established modality for the diagnosis and risk-stratification of coronary artery disease, but no prognostic data have been reported from Southern Africa.

We aimed to explore serum D-dimer plus fibrinogen (FIB) levels in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for their efficiency in predicting subsequent left ventricular remodelling (LVRM).

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of carotid artery stenosis (CAS) in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients requiring surgical or interventional procedures, to examine the clinical relationship between CAS and PAD, and to determine the characteristics of ischemic stroke developing within a one-year postoperative period.

Aortic valve insufficiency has been reported in approximately one-third of patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). In this study, we describe a new use of an old aortic repair technique and report its mid-term results.

The minimised extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) system is an alternative to the classical extracorporeal circulation (ECC) system in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Some publications reported that there are few studies on the relationship between this application and the development of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) and that differences in results were observed. We...

Recently under the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) PPCM registry the first predictive score was derived. This study sought to test the validity of this predictive score in a cohort of women with PPCM in Uganda.

Neurological injury remains a critical concern in cardiac surgery despite advancements in surgical and anaesthetic techniques. Hypothermia is commonly utilised for neuroprotection during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB); however, the optimal temperature range remains undetermined. This study evaluates the neuroprotective effectiveness of mild versus moderate hypothermia by assessing neuron-specific...