background: ischemic mitral regurgitation (imr) is a common complication after acute myocardial infarction (ami). we aimed to investigate the frequency of imr following first-time ami and its association with infarct location, in-hospital mortality, and complications. methods: from september 2011 to november 2012, all patients with a diagnosis of first-time acute st-elevation mi were enrolled i...

introduction: the precise time of using percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) after fibrinolytic therapy for maximum efficiency and minimum side effects is still undetermined. therefore, the present study was designed to compare the outcome of myocardial infarction (mi) patients who underwent surgical intervention (angiography and pci) within 48 hours of thrombolytic therapy or after that. m...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is the most common respiratory disorder during sleep and a risk factor for myocardial ischemia. in this study, we evaluated the proportion of subjects at high risk for osa and prevalence of its predictors among patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (mi). materials and methods : a total of 210 patients with mi admitted at the ca...

conclusions emdr is an effective tool for curing or decreasing the level of anxiety in myocardial patients. results the findings collected during the 12-month follow-up indicated that emdr was effective for treating anxiety in myocardial patients. materials and methods this study was a clinical trial study. sixty myocardial patients were selected using convenience random sampling and divided in...

background changes in vital signs may affect the myocardial oxygen demand. massage therapy has been used in intensive care units to relive patients’ physical and psychological problems. in all of the studies massaging has been done by a nurse and the patients’ family did not have any role. objectives the present study aimed to examine the effects of massage therapy by patient’s relative on vita...

background: before the year 1950 treatment of myocardial infarction patients was complete bed rest for several weeks and reduces physical activity for several months. cardiac rehabilitation based on exercise training reduces the effects of deconditioning of bed rest. the primary purpose of this study was to determine the methods and means of prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease. ...

conclusions: the results obtained from this study support the idea that the timi and modified timi risk scores might be valuable tools that could be used to stratify the risk of patients with atypical chest pain in the emergency department. results: no significant difference could be observed between both groups regarding demographic characteristics, ejection fraction, left ventricle hypertroph...

several epidemiological studies have reported that passive smoking (ps) is a public health hazard and perhaps increases the risk of heart disease. this study evaluated the relationship between female coronary heart disease and ps among married women who described themselves as non-smokers in an area of south-east iran. using household exposure to tobacco smoke as an estimate of ps, a hospitalba...

abo and rh blood groups were studied in a total of 1680 patients with cardiovascular diseases (congenital n=547, valvular n=887 and coronary n=246). statistical analysis (x2and woolf’s test) showed significant excess of b/o in mitral valve, aortic valve total valvular diseases and heart diseases generally, also an increase of a/o in myocardial infarction. significant increase of the frequency o...

experimental and clinical studies have shown that intracoronary transplantation of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (bmscs) has resulted in regenerated infarcted myocardium and improved left ventricular (lv) function.the aim of this pilot study was to assess the benefical effectsof intracoronary transplantation of bmsc in patients with oldmyocardial infarction (omi). autologous bms...