an association between chlamydia pneumoniae (c. pneumoniae) and cardiovascular disease has been demonstrated. in this study, we aimed to study this potential relationship in 105 iranian patients. coronary artery specimens from 105 iranian patients undergoing cabg were analyzed by pcr method for c. pneumoniae. serological evaluation for c. pneumoniae igg and igm was performed using elisa. 53 spe...

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (arvd/c) is a congenital cardiac disease with myocardial involvement, most probably right ventricular (rv) dysfunction, accounting for 20% of sudden cardiac deaths. characterized by the fibro-fatty infiltration of the rv free wall, arvd/c presents in adolescents with ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure symptoms and as biventricular...

women die of cardiovascular disorders even more than a combination of breast cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer. recent data show that while 1 out of 2.6 women die of coronary artery disease (cad), only 1 out of 4.6 die from cancer. whereas some studies show an increase in the age-adjusted mortality of cad in both women and men, some other studies report an i...

Uric acid, the end-product of purine metabolism in humans, is not only a cause gout, but also may play roles developing cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, coronary artery and death. Several clinical investigations have reported serum uric acid predictive marker for outcomes. Although causal relationship hyperuricemia to rema...

background: hyperlipidemia is one of the most important factors in progression of coronary heart diseases, because of the importance of lipid control for preventing heart disease; this study has done to explore the relation between health beliefs and medications adherences in patients with hyperlipidemia. methods: this correlation study has done in 82 patients with hyperlipidemia. for obtain in...

Shaanxi Province is known as "the land of Qin has no idle herbs", and Shangluo Salvia miltiorrhiza one the "ten medicines Qin". miltiorrhiza, its taste bitter, slightly cold sex. Returning to heart, liver meridian, activating blood regulating clearing heart removing trouble, cooling eliminating carbuncle, nourishing calming god. contains many kinds chemical constituents, pharmacological action ...

Background: Coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of death in the world. Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases, they are still considered a major health problem in the world. The purpose of this report is to provide the clinical experience of Iranian Integrative Medicine, which has the greatest therapeutic effect in the...

There is growing evidence of the presence and relevance of coronary microvascular abnormalities in many cardiac diseases. In particular, it has been recently shown that dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by dysfunction of the coronary microvessels since its very early onset. Coronary microcirculatory dysfunction is not an effect of myocardial damage but seems in turn to cause progres...

The inactivation of vasopressin by heart as well as skeletal muscle was investigated in in vitro experiments. Heart muscle can inactivate vasopressin while skeletal muscle only binds some vasopressin. The mechanism of vasopres sin inactivation was studied by heat treatment, by determining pH optimum and by time-dependency studies. The inactivation of vasopressin by heart muscle proved to be an ...