Editorial

From Editor-in-Chief:    

Gulmira Kudaiberdieva

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Editorial

What is new with AF guidelines 2020?

Sok-Sithikun Bun,  Emile Ferrari, Nice, France

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Original Research

Relationship between history of previous surgeries and pericardial involvement in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Taalaibek Kudaiberdiev,  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Invited review

Head-up tilt test – a rationale for using in diagnosis of syncope

Adam Stanczyk, Lodz, Poland

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Review

The diagnostic and prognostic role of amino-terminal pro-brain type natriuretic peptides in pediatric cardiac diseases and pulmonary hypertension

Kayirnisa Tilemanbetova, Taalaibek Kudaiberdiev, Jalil Sheishenov, Damirbek Abibillaev, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Taraz, Kazakhstan

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Case report

Acute coronary syndrome, a rare manifestation of infective endocarditis: a case report

Fabio Tagliari, Caio Leal Ribeiro, Gabriel Padua Valladao de Carvalho, Lais Pedroso Tagliari, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Case Report

Texidor’s twinge a rare cause of benign paroxysmal chest pain

Narendra Kumar, Rachna Pasi, Swathi Chacham, Prashant Kumar Verma,  Blackpool, United Kingdom, Rishikesh, India

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Quiz

Quiz - Electrocardiography

Mykhaylo Sorokivsk       yy, Rostyslav Kovalchuk, Volodymyr Kulish, Lviv, Ukraine

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Quiz

Quiz - Interventional cardiology: Coronary computed tomography angiography in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Erdi Babayigit, Konya, Turkey

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Answer to quiz and case discussion

Answer to the quiz on page 37- Electrocardiography

Mykhaylo Sorokivskyy, Rostyslav Kovalchuk, Volodymyr Kulish, Lviv, Ukraine

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Answer to quiz and case discussion

Answer to the quiz  on page 39 -  Interventional cardiology: Coronary computed tomography angiography in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction

Erdi Babayigit, Konya, Turkey

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Commentary

A tale of two cities: The influence of literature on medicine

Christos Tsagkaris, Theodora Ioannidou, Heraklion, Larissa, Greece

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