background there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) in iran. objectives the present study aimed to investigate the relationship of anxiety, depression, diabetes and coronary artery disease among patients undergoing angiography in ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted between september 2011 and august 2012...

conclusions the results indicated that the patients’ lifestyles were unhealthy overall. however, tendency towards healthy behaviors was different between men and women. therefore, it is important and necessary to emphasize gender differences in prevention and health promotion programs. background coronary artery disease (cad) is one of the major causes of death and disability all over the world...

background: atrial fibrillation (af) after coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) is a common complication with potentially higher risk of adverse outcome and prolonged hospital stay. objective: to determine the impact of postoperative af (poaf) on long-term outcome in a large cohort of patients who underwent cabg. patients and methods: we conducted an observational cohort study of 989 patients wh...

conclusions these findings suggested mes might be an important risk factor for chd, but not for mortality due to chd in patients on hd. objectives we examined the association between mes and its risk in terms of chd in patients on hemodialysis (hd). patients and methods this study was conducted on 300 patients on hd in six hd centers during march 2012. patients were divided in two groups regard...

BACKGROUND Although LDL lowering has been shown to reduce recurrent coronary events in patients with coronary heart disease, little direct information is available on the extent of LDL lowering required to achieve this outcome. METHODS AND RESULTS The Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) trial compared pravastatin and placebo in patients who had experienced myocardial infarction (MI) who h...

INTRODUCTION In the absence of acute myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic papillary muscle dysfunction (PMD) is a rare complication of coronary artery disease. Dynamic PMD results in intermittent mitral regurgitation (MR). We present a successfully-treated case of recurrent pulmonary edema due to dynamic PMD secondary to chronic coronary heart disease involving the mitral apparatus. A pathophys...

The internal mammary artery is the conduit of choice for cardiac revascularization. Atherosclerotic disease of the coronary arteries may simultaneously involve the subclavian artery. Proximal stenosis in the left subclavian artery may result in recurrent myocardial ischemia in patients with a patent left internal mammary artery (LIMA), due to coronary steal syndrome through the LIMA.