Continued adverse remodeling of myocardium after infarction may lead to progressive
ventricular dilation and heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that exercise training in a healed …

We have recently reported that the Ca2+-binding protein S100beta was induced in rat heart
after infarction and forced expression of S100beta in neonatal rat cardiac myocyte cultures …

Aortic valve replacement with stentless porcine valve should provide superior hemodynamic
results to stented porcine valve because the obstruction caused by the stent and the sewing …

A 66-year-old Indian male who had been treated for recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum
with 300 mg of clofazimine per day for 11 months presented to hospital with a 4 week history …

After acute myocardial infarction (Ml), proteolysis of necrotic myocardium is mediated by
infiltrating inflammatory cells at the infarct margins. Collagen forms a structural fibroskeleton in …

Background Aortocoronary vein grafts develop fibromuscular intimal hyperplasia within the
first year of implantation. Tissue remodeling may promote development of graft …

Among benign primary cardiac tumors, myxomas and papillary fibroelastomas are the most
common. Cardiac myxomas arise from pluripotent mesenchymal cells and are seen as …

Intravenous leiomyomatosis is an uncommon clinical entity characterized by the growth of a
benign, smooth muscle tumour within the venous system. Intracardiac extension of this …

Pericardial tumors are rare. A majority of the reported cases are metastatic in nature and
indicate a poor prognosis. Primary tumors of the pericardium are extremely rare and occur in a …

Valvular heart disease has numerous etiologies. These range from congenital malformations
to infectious and degenerative diseases. Clinically, these result in significant problems, the …