Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research

Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2017

  • Cardiovascular Disease Risk from Protease Inhibitors-ART for HIV: Retrospective Cohort of University Teaching Hospital, Zambia

    Brian Chiluba, Esther Munalula-Nkandu, Chola Nakazwe Daka, Mumbi Chola, Gershom Chongwe

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2017
    Pages: 98-103
    Received: 23 July 2017
    Accepted: 27 July 2017
    Published: 30 August 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ccr.20170104.11
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    Abstract: The burden of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Sub-Saharan Africa is rising amidst a high prevalence of infectious diseases including HIV. While use of certain Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) drugs has been shown to cause dyslipidaemia, little is known about the burden of CVD in the presence of Protease Inhibitors (PIs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. We invest... Show More
  • Intrusion of Herbal Antilipidemics – Cardiac Protective Through Electromagnetic Thermal Device Patches

    Rakesh Das, Sudhanshu Chakraborty

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2017
    Pages: 104-112
    Received: 30 September 2017
    Accepted: 17 October 2017
    Published: 23 November 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ccr.20170104.12
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    Abstract: Objective: Development of an innovated, economic and simple herbal formulation as cardiac protective through designed electromagnetic thermal device patches which induced the drugs directly to coronary arteries. This opens the blocked vessels even between 50-80% without Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Material & Methods: The electromagnetic... Show More
  • One Example of Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Predicting in Medicine

    Pavlo Ivanchuk, Maria Ivanchuk

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 4, October 2017
    Pages: 113-116
    Received: 22 November 2017
    Accepted: 4 December 2017
    Published: 3 January 2018
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ccr.20170104.13
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    Abstract: Coronary heart disease is one of the most frequent causes of death in Ukraine. With the purpose of conducting adequate preventive work and planning the provision of specialized medical care for patients with coronary heart disease, the proposed paper predicts the prevalence of this disease in the next 10 years. The problem of prediction is solved b... Show More