Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 24, No. 1

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Efficacy of a single dose intravenous heparin in reducing sheath-thrombus formation during diagnostic angiography: A randomized controlled trial
January 2012(Vol. 24 | No. 1 | Pages 3-7)
Hussein S. Alamri, Abdulrahman M. Almoghairi, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Ali S. Almasood, Mohamed A. Alotaiby, Hameedullah M. Kazim, Meshal Almutairi, Aziz Alanazi

Age and its relationship to acute coronary syndromes in the Saudi Project for Assessment of Coronary Events (SPACE) registry: The SPACE age study
January 2012(Vol. 24 | No. 1 | Pages 9-16)
Shukri M. Al-Saif, Khalid F. AlHabib, Anhar Ullah, Ahmed Hersi, Husam AlFaleh, Khalid Alnemer, Amir Tarabin, Ahmed Abuosa, Tarek Kashour, Mushabab Al-Murayeh

Diagnostic importance of platelet parameters in patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to a tertiary care hospital in southwest region, Saudi Arabia
January 2012(Vol. 24 | No. 1 | Pages 17-21)
Abdullah S. Assiri, Abdul-moneim Jamil, Ahmed A. Mahfouz, Zizi S. Mahmoud, Mohamed Ghallab

Ischemic heart disease in pregnancy
24 January 2012
Nabeel S. Bondagji
Abstract: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) in pregnancy, particularly myocardial infarction (MI), is a rare yet potentially fatal condition for the mother and the foetus. With delays in the age of concept...
Response to Letter by: Chase, doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2012.01.001
19 January 2012
Mark M. Gallagher
Thank you for the opportunity to reply to Dr. Chase’s points. As a representative of the authors of this paper, I can say that we have no major disagreement to the points raised by Dr. Chase. I offer ...
Letter in response to the original article: “Evaluation of femoral approach to coronary sinus catheterisation in electrophysiological and ablation procedures: Single centre experience” authored by Osama Abdel Atty, Mohamed Morsy and Mark M. Gallagher (Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, Volume 23, Issue 4, October 2011, pp. 213–216)
11 January 2012
David Chase
The authors present data from their centre regarding cannulating the coronary sinus by the femoral venous approach. As the author correctly points out, this approach has become increasingly feasible w...
Use of microvena snare catheter in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction due to saphenous vein graft occlusive thrombi
15 December 2011
Mohammed Balghith
Abstract: A 75-year-old man presented with acute coronary syndrome; he had a saphenous vein graft thrombosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention of bypass graft vessels is more challenging due to a hi...
The ECG role in identifying the etiology of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC)
12 December 2011
M. Al Mehairi, S.A. Al Ghamdi, K. Dagriri, A. Al Fagih
Abstract: Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a well recognized entity of heart failure (HF) and various mechanisms due to tachyarrhythmias have been postulated to be responsible for impaired ...

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Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results of the Saudi project for assessment of coronary events (SPACE) registry
October 2011 (Vol. 23 | No. 4 | Pages 233-239)
Khalid F. AlHabib, Ahmad Hersi, Hussam AlFaleh, Khalid AlNemer, Shukri AlSaif, Amir Taraben, Tarek Kashour, Anas Bakheet, Ayed Al Qarni, Tariq Soomro, Asif Malik, Waqar H. Ahmed, Ahmed M. Abuosa, Modaser A. Butt, Mushabab A. AlMurayeh, Abdulaziz Al Zaidi, Gamal A. Hussein, Mohammed A. Balghith, Tareg Abu-Ghazala
Usefulness of Tei index in patients with rheumatic mitral regurgitation and apparently normal left ventricular ejection fraction
July 2011 (Vol. 23 | No. 3 | Pages 147-150)
Gamela Nasr, Mohamed S Moselhy, Gamal Elattar, Safaa Zaghlool, Mushabab Al-Murayeh
Apico-Aortic Conduit for severe aortic stenosis: Technique, applications, and systematic review
October 2010 (Vol. 22 | No. 4 | Pages 187-194)
Elsayed Elmistekawy, Harry Lapierre, Thierry Mesana, Marc Ruel
Gender differences in clinical presentation and management of patients with acute coronary syndrome in Southwest of Saudi Arabia
July 2011 (Vol. 23 | No. 3 | Pages 135-141)
Abdullah S. Assiri
SHA 004. Diagnostic valve of nitrate enhanced Tc-99m sestamibi gated myocardial spect in myocardial viability: Prospective analysis
July 2011 (Vol. 23 | No. 3 | Page 172)
Zahid Rahman Khan, Aitizazuddin Syed, Ali E. Jelly, A.M. Obaideen, Shandana Aitizaz, Mohammad Hafizullah
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The progression and development of the scientific thinking in the speciality of the Association.
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Offering consultation and performing the appropriate studies to improve the level of performance in the fields of the Association in different institutions/disciplines.

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About Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

The Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is an English language, peer-reviewed scholarly publication in the area of cardiovascular disease. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association publishes original papers, reviews, case studies and letters on:

Coronary heart disease
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular disease
Ischaemic heart disease
Heart failure
Hypertensive heart disease
Inflammatory heart disease

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association is the official publication of the Saudi Heart Association and is published by King Saud University in collaboration with Elsevier and is edited by an international group of eminent researchers.

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