Despite significant advancements in cardiovascular diagnostic technology, physical examination signs remain credible indicators of coronary artery disease. Here, we report a case 50-year-old male patient with premature disease associated novel sign bilateral symmetrical bulging the sideburn areas face. The sideburns correspond anatomically to buccal fat pad which is composed visceral adipose ti...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

background: coronary artery disease (cad) is the major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. the aim of this study was to explore the effect of resveratrol (res) on canonical β-catenin/wnt and forkhead box o (foxo) pathways in cad patients.method: we performed this study on 10 metabolic syndrome patients with three-vessel cad and 10 sex-aged matched healthy subjects. the effects of res on...

the cd30 antigen seems to play a costimulatory role in maintaining the physiological balance between t-helper (th)1/th2 immune responses. in this study, plasma and in vitro soluble cd30 (scd30) secretion was investigated in patients with coronary artery disease (cad) as a plausible marker of dysregulated immune response. twenty one patients with angiographically confirmed cad and 31 healthy con...

introduction : significant left main coronary artery stenosis jeopardizes the entire myocardium of the left ventricle and has the worst prognosis of any form of coronary artery disease. coronary-artery bypass grafting (cabg) has been considered as the standard therapeutic approach for such patients. there are limited data on the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (pc...

introduction: this study aimed to evaluate the effects of four-time inflation of the stent balloon at nominal pressure on optimal stent expansion in resistant lesions. materials and methods: this interventional study was conducted on 39 patients with coronary artery lesions, in whom zotarolimus-eluting stents (n=20), paclitaxel-eluting stents (n=11) and other stents (n=8) were deployed four tim...

background: coronary artery disease is recognized as one of the three major causes of mortality around the world. the role of inflammation in producing coronary artery disease has been established in previous studies. since periodontitis, which is highly prevalent, is considered as a cause of inflammation, its influence on producing coronary artery disease was investigated in the present study ...

BACKGROUND Endothelial dysfunction is central to the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease, but the role of local and circulating endothelial progenitor cells in maintaining vascular health is poorly understood. We hypothesised that impaired local and circulating vascular repair mechanisms predispose to endothelial dysfunction and the premature onset of coronary artery disease. METHODS AND ...