A P M Sohrabuzzaman

• Professor and Senior Consultant at Labaid Cardiac Hospital. Dhaka, Bangladesh

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a progressive genetic disease of the myocardium characterized by loss of myocardial cells and replacement by fibrofatty tissue in the right and/or left ventricle (RV/LV), clinically manifested by syncope, palpitations, heart failure, or sudden cardiac death (SCD). We presented a case where the patient suffered...

Since the first recorded case of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh on 8th March 2020, COVID-19 has spread widely through different regions of the country, resulting in a necessity to re-evaluate the delivery of cardiovascular services, particularly procedures pertaining to interventional cardiology in resource-limited settings. Given its robust capacity for...

p>In this case study the persistence of hypertension in a patient after successful coronary angioplasty was assessed. Pulse and blood pressure were recorded twice daily for 33 days at random interval. The results show the patient had high blood pressure for a total of 17 days in the 33 days of study period after Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting. T...

Percutaneous intervention is a well utilized and widely practiced procedure for opening up of clogged blood vessels. It is used from small to large arteries, native to graft vessels and shunts. We have done a large number of cases in our center which includes coronary arteries, bypass graft vessels, renal arteries and arteries of the upper and lowe...

Background: This study consisted of 60 randomly selected patients (49 men and 11women) who had undergone both symptom-limited treadmill exercise tests andcoronary angiography, within one month, for clinical indications. This was a prospectivestudy done during the period of December 1998 to July 1999 in NICVD, DhakaBangladesh. The ECG is generally c...

The study consisted of 60 patients of mitral stenosis who underwent transoesophageal echocardiography. The mean age of the population was 32.5±8.45 years with male female ratio was 1:2.53. Spontaneous echocontrast was observed in 39 cases in left atrium or in its appendage; of them 19 cases had thrombus (effective frequency 13.65) and 20 cases had...