Editorial

From Editor-in-chief:  Concluding Year 2023, our gains,  gratitude to our reviewers,  news from AHA 2023 scientific sessions, long COVID and protecting your patients

Gulmira Kudaiberdieva

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Changing the diagnostic paradigm of the ECG diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy

Ljuba Bacharova, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

260

Editorial

The changing paradigm of diagnostic testing for chronic coronary artery disease: An overview of the  2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA guideline for the management of patients with chronic coronary disease

Andrea De Lorenzo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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Editorial

Overview of the 2023 ESC guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies

Yuriy Ivaniv, Nelya Oryshchyn, Anastasiya Aker, Lviv, Ukraine

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Editorial

Coronary artery disease and transcatheter aortic valve implantation: diagnostic evaluation, management and indication for percutaneous revascularization

Dario Mafrica, Matteo Betti, Gaetano Tanzilli, Lorenzo Lo Sasso, Luigi Spadafora, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Marco Bernardi , Rome, Milan, Latina, Italy

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Editorial

Key messages to comprehend: 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

Zehra Ilke Akyildiz, Oben Baysan, İzmir, Ankara, Turkey

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Original Research

A rare case series of mechanical prosthetic heart valve structural deterioration presented as severe mitral regurgitation

Jignesh Kothari, Sundip Lukhni, Utkarsh  Sanghavi, Devrat Desai, Ishan Gohil,  Gujarat, India

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Original Research

 Study of usefulness of speckle-tracking echocardiography in detecting left ventricular dysfunction among adult cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Chandrakant Usendia, Anand Shukla, Mithilesh Kulkarni, Vishal Sharma, Karthik Natrajan, Kewal Kanabar, Dinesh Joshi, Riyaz Charaniya, Pratik Raval, Krutika Patel, Gujarat, India

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Original Research

Moving from a training project to a real international project: an experience with an on-line mentorship model

Anna Mierzynska, Natalia Sabolova, Katarzyna Piotrowicz, Eric Eisenstein, Monika Hricova, Ljuba Bacharova, Otwock, Warsaw, Poland, Kosice, Bratislava, Slovakia,  Durham, NC, USA

290

Original Research

Effect of isolated protein diet on remodeling of the bronchial-alveolar-vascular microaxis of the lungs

Aycholpon T. Israilova, Elmira M. Mamytova, Yusuf Kh-M. Shidakov, Ayna Dj. Mamytova, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Original Research

Complications of endoscopic ligation of varicose veins in patients with portal hypertension

Bahadyr H. Bebezov, Talgat A. Abdykadyrov, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Original Research

Superiority of 3D transesophageal echocardiography in assessment of mechanical prosthetic valve dysfunction as compared to 2D transesophageal echocardiography

Nilesh Chandak, Hasit Joshi, Pooja Vyas, Kamal Sharma, Gajendra Dubey, Iva Patel, Kewal Kanabar, Maharashtra,  Gujarat, India

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Original Research

The angiographic and clinical profile of patients with Takayasu aortoarteritis

Jitendra Sharma, Tarun Madan, Dinesh Joshi, Riyaz Charaniya, Pratik Raval, Vishal Sharma, Himani Upadhyaya, Krutika Patel, Gujarat, India

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Original Research

Evaluation of the possibility of using spectral analysis of a single-channel ECG for the diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle of the heart

Ishenbay K. Moldotashev, Yuriy  A. Bogdanov, Alexander A. Sorokin, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, China, Kharkiv, Ukraine

329

Original Research

Left atrial appendage thrombus formation despite oral anticoagulation: what can we do when there is nothing to offer?

Luis Antonio Arabia,  Juan Jose Luciano, Cordoba, Argentina

338

Original Research

Single-center adult cardiac surgery practice during the COVID-19 era

Elmira Tukusheva, Taalaibek Kudaiberdiev, Damirbek Abibillaev, Irina Achmedova, Akmaral Kurmanbekova, Aizhamal Islamova, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

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Review

 Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy operations with stenting of the carotid arteries: a systematic review

Abdusalom A. Abdurakhmanov, Farhad A. Mamataliev, Shuxrat N. Salakhitdinov, Oybek A. Mashrapov,  Saidjalol A. Tursunov, Odilbek S. Sultanov, Tashkent, Fergana, Uzbekistan

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Review

Influence of mountain climate on multiple sclerosis

Begimai B. Kadyrova, Asel T. Jusupova, Nurzhan T.  Dzhaparalieva, Bolot B. Kulov, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

359

Review

Anatomy across centuries: From ancient Greeks to modern innovations. The merit and significance of autopsies today

Iryna Tehlivets ,  Lviv, Ukraine

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Case Report

Surgical repair of ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic mycotic aneurysm using superficial femoral vein graft: A case report

Tarun Shetty, Hemachandren Munuswamy, Aravind Kalyanasundaram.Pondicherry, India

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Case Report

Giant myxoma of the right sections of the heart obstructing the inferior vena cava: A case report

Khamidulla A. Abdumajidov, Khairulla Zh. Buranov, Tashkent, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Case Report

A rare case of free floating thrombus in the aorta and left ventricle – a case report

Nihaz Yusuf Nazer,  Shilpa Suresh, Jyothirmayi Bommali, Ashita Barthur, Ravi Kishore, Rajesh K. Rao, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

387

Quiz– Electrocardiography

ECG Quiz

Sok-Sithikun Bun, Didier Scarlatti,  Fabien Squara, Nice, France

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Case Report

Rare presentation of bicuspid aortic valve with severe stenosis complicated by mitral valve chordal rupture in peripartum period

Alay Parikh, Ishan Gohil, Utkarsh Sanghvi, Jignesh Kothari, Gujarat, India

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Answer  quiz - Electrocardiogarphy

  Answer to ECG quiz on page 393

Sok-Sithikun Bun, Didier Scarlatti,  Fabien Squara,  Nice, France

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Content index

Content Index 2023

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Author index

Author Index 2023

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Reviewer index

Reviewer  Index 2023

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