https://journalca.com/index.php/CA/issue/feed 2026-09-28T09:33:12+00:00 Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal [email protected] Open Journal Systems <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal (ISSN:&nbsp;2347-520X)</strong> aims to publish high quality papers (<a href="/index.php/CA/general-guideline-for-authors">Click here for Types of paper</a>) in all areas of ‘Cardiology and Angiology research’. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated. The journal also encourages the submission of useful reports of negative results. This is a quality controlled, OPEN peer-reviewed, open-access INTERNATIONAL journal.</p> https://journalca.com/index.php/CA/article/view/565 2026-09-19T13:47:33+00:00 K. Elaakib [email protected] F. Haffane S. Oudadda A. Aityahya M. Ztati S. Elkarimi M. Elhattaoui

<p>Gender differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are widely recognised. Women may present with ACS at an older age and with a different cardiovascular risk profile, including higher prevalences of hypertension, diabetes, and renal insufficiency in many cohorts. They may also have differences in symptom presentation, coronary anatomy, management, and outcomes. The objective of this study was to compare, by sex, the clinical characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, electrocardiographic findings, echocardiographic data, therapeutic management, and prognosis of patients admitted for ACS. We conducted a single-centre, retrospective, observational study including 94 patients hospitalised for ACS in the cardiology department of the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Marrakesh. Of the 94 patients included, 69 were men (73.4%) and 25 were women (26.6%). Women had a higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, whereas smoking was observed only among men. Mean left ventricular ejection fraction was similar between women and men. In-hospital mortality was 32.0% among women (8/25) and 7.2% among men (5/69), with an overall mortality of 13.8% (13/94). In multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, diabetes, renal insufficiency, and left ventricular ejection fraction, female sex was associated with an odds ratio of 4.18 (95% CI, 1.14–15.37; p=0.032); however, given the small sample and limited number of events, this estimate should be considered exploratory. These findings should therefore be interpreted cautiously and viewed as hypothesis-generating rather than definitive evidence of an independent prognostic effect of sex.</p>

2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://journalca.com/index.php/CA/article/view/566 2026-09-28T09:33:12+00:00 Muneer Saif Abdulkhaleq Mohammed Alshameery [email protected] Islam Shawky Abd El-Aziz Seif El-Yazal Mohamad Ahmad Mosaad Zaki

<p>Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cardiovascular health problem. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), especially single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), provides valuable diagnostic and prognostic information after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The Synergy Between PCI with TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score evaluates coronary lesion complexity and predicts ischaemic burden and outcomes after revascularisation. The objective was to determine the correlation of the SYNTAX score with myocardial ischaemia measured by SPECT MPI among patients undergoing coronary interventions.</p> <p>This prospective study was conducted in 85 patients undergoing coronary interventions. Each participant underwent clinical and local cardiac examination, together with laboratory testing comprising complete blood count (CBC), urea, serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, prothrombin time (PT), international normalised ratio (INR), and lipid profile.</p> <p>SYNTAX I was significantly associated with myocardial ischaemia parameters, whereas SYNTAX II (PCI) was associated with SSS, SRS, SDS, and TPD (all P &lt; 0.05). EF showed inverse correlations with SYNTAX I and SYNTAX II (PCI), whereas LDL showed no significant association. Patients with DM had higher SYNTAX I scores and TPD than those without DM (P &lt; 0.05). SSS, SRS, SDS, and TPD differed significantly across SYNTAX I groups, whereas only SSS and SRS differed across SYNTAX II (PCI) groups. No significant associations were observed for SYNTAX II (CABG), HTN, dyslipidaemia, or smoking (P &gt; 0.05).</p> <p>SYNTAX I correlated with MPI parameters, while higher coronary complexity was associated with diabetes and reduced EF, supporting combined anatomical and functional assessment in CAD.</p>

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