backgroundcongenital heart diseases (chd) are the most common congenital anomaly in children and also the leading cause of mortality from congenital anomalies. various factors including smoking, drinking alcohol and addiction play role in development of congenital heart diseases. this study was conducted with the aim of investigation of the prevalence of addiction in parents of children with co...

background: conducted researches show that psychological factors may have a very important role in the etiology, continuity and consequences of coronary heart diseases. this study has drawn the psychological risk and protective factors and their effects in patients with coronary heart diseases (chd) in a structural model. it aims to determine the structural relations betweenpsychological risk a...

continuous telemetric ecg monitoring     soltanzadeh l 1 , taheria 2 , reabiee m 3 *     received: 29 may , 2013 accepted: 9 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : diabetes mellitus is becoming a major public health problem. telecare can improve the quality of diabetes care by altering the caring environment and care delivery process.   the electrocardiogram (ecg) is the recording of the...

background: brain type natriuretic peptide (bnp) is a cardiac hormone that is secreted mainly by the ventricles in response to volume expansion and pressure load. it can predict post-operative complications after heart surgery in adults. we sought to investigate the prognostic value of bnp in children after heart surgery. methods: we measured the bnp serum levels in 96 children with congenital ...