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Background: Right bundle branch block has prognostic significance in the setting of acute myocardial infarction; this research is intended to determine the incidence of new-onset right bundle branch block in acute myocardial infarction and its angiographic findings. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital, i.e., the Cardiology Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from 13/5/2016 to 13/11/2016. A total of 91 patients were included in the study. Baseline investigation, including ECG (Nihan Koden), Coronary angiography (Siemens Healthineers), on patients who qualify for early invasive therapy and angiographic findings. All the information, like age and gender, was recorded. 91 patients with acute myocardial infarction who presented within 24 hours were observed, in which male to female ratio was 1.17:1. The study enrolled the age group from 30 up to 75 years. Results: Average age was52.6±7.71 years. New onset right bundle branch block (RBBB) was found in 13(14.29%) patients in acute myocardial infarction. Conclusion: In conclusion, RBBB was observed in 13% of patients where angiographic findings showed triple vessel disease 38.5%, double vessel coronary artery disease 30.8%, single vessel disease 15.4%, and left main stem disease15.4% respectively, there is a high rate of severe CAD in patients presenting with RBBB in the setting of the acute coronary syndrome, so early reperfusion is recommended.

Objective: To determine the frequency of pericardial effusion after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. Design of the Study: Cross sectional study. Study Settings: The study was conducted at Cardiology Department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from 13/5/2019 to 13/11/2019. Material and Methods: Total of 122 patients were included. Baseline investigation including ECG (cardiofax) and transthoracic echocardiography (Siemens’ Accuson CV-70), was done within 72 hours of acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. All the information like for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, previous history of CAD, and smoking were recorded. Results of the Study: In this study mean age was 63 years with standard deviation ±8.99. Sixty two patients were male while 38% patients were female. More over 24% patients had pericardial effusion and 76% patients didn’t had pericardial effusion. More over 24% patients had pericardial effusion and 76% patients didn’t had pericardial effusion. Conclusion: Conclusion of our study states that the frequency of pericardial effusion was 24% after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction.. Keywords: Pericardial effusion, acute, anterior wall myocardial infarction

Despite concerns over the collection of personal information by technologies, society's use of such has increased rapidly. This attitude is termed the privacy paradox. This research-in-progress explores the root causes of this privacy paradox, the role of personal information privacy threats on trust in emerging technologies, and the influence of unconscious decision-making (based on virtue ethics traditions) on conscious decision-making. To understand the duality and subjectivity embedded in the above issues, this study applies Q-methodology for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. The study proposes that virtue ethics is the best approach to solve such subjective issues. This study enhances our understanding, on the basis of prior literature, of the importance of virtue ethics as a solution to the privacy paradox.