Mohamed Elsayed Abdelfattah

Right atrial thrombus and pulmonary embolism one year after ventricular septal defect patch repair: successful surgical management of a complicated case

Right heart thrombi are rare but life-threatening, with particularly high mortality when accompanied by pulmonary embolism (PE). Cardiac surgery may predispose to in-situ thrombus formation via suture lines or patch material, yet thromboembolic risk and preventive strategies foll...

Structural and Functional Cardiac Reverse Remodeling After Bariatric Surgery: A Prospective Comparison of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with characteristic cardiac remodeling, including left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, concentric geometry, and subclinical myocardial dysfunction. Bariatric surgery induces reverse cardiac remodeling; however, it remains unclear whether structural...