Functional univentricular heart is a rare and complex congenital anomaly. The prognosis is usually poor without any surgical intervention and long-term survival is rare. In this article, we report a 57-year-old female ...

Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered to beone of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the best method oftesting level of kidney function and determining ...

Air travel is known as the safest way of transportation. Therefore, patients with health problems prefer to travel by air; however, those with heart or lung issues, who do not have any problems under normal conditions, may ...

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate whether urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels could serve as early biomarkers of contrast-induced acute ...

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common and important comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Literature indicates that there may be a relationship between diagonal earlobe ...

Parachute mitral valve complex is an unusual congenital anomaly that has been described by Shone et al. It is characterized by a parachute deformity of the mitral valve associated with additional forms of left heart ...

Background: Many studies have shown that the serum uric acid (SUA) level is associated with atherosclerosis. Aim: To determine the relationship between the SUA level and the presence and severity of coronary heart disease ...