introduction:the external beam radiation therapy for patients with left breast cancer at the mastectomy site may cause myocardial perfusion abnormalities. we intended to study the change of these abnormalities at short and long term post radiotherapy follow up. methods: twenty patients with left and 20 patients with right breast cancer comprised the exposed and control groups, respectively. the...

objective: depressed coronary artery disease (cad) patients may experience a poorer prognosis than non-depressed patients. the aim of this study was to find the associated factors for depressive symptoms in young adults with cad. method: this was a cross-sectional study within tehran heart center's premature coronary atherosclerosis cohort (thc-pac) study. young adult cad patients (men ≤ 45 yea...

the effect of curcumin on some of traditional and non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors: a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial abstract numerous interventional studies in clinical and preclinical setting stated that intake of curcumin may provide protection against cardiovascular disease. the aim of this trial was investigation of curcumin efficiency on some cardiovas...

myocardial infarction (mi) and its major determinant, coronary artery disease (cad), are complex diseases arising from the interaction between several genetic and environmental factors. until recently, the genetic basis of these diseases was poorly understood. genome-wide genetic association studies have afforded a comprehensive insight into the association between genetic variants and diseases...

background: mean platelet volume (mpv) correlates with platelet activity. the relation between mpv and long-term outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) has been investigated in several studies. the aim of the present study was to investigate the utility of mpv in prognosticating the long-term outcome after elective pci. methods: the study cohort included 2627 pa...

one of the leading causes of death in the world are cardiovascular diseases, among which coronary artery disease (cad) is the most common one. it occurs as a result of narrowing of the arteries which supply blood to the heart due to a theroma plaque formation. this kind of heart disease can be considered as a multifactorial one as genetic and environmental factors are involved in its incidence....

background: coronary artery patients had a much anxiety and distress in the acute situation that this stress leads to more ischemia, re-infarction, tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. on the other hand heart disease affects person's spirituality. although findings of numerous studies revealed significant relation between spiritual well-being and stress in cardiac patients, but paradoxical...

large intercoronary communications in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease constitute a very rare coronary artery anomaly in which there is a readily visible connection between the 2 coronary arteries with a unidirectional or bidirectional blood flow; consequently, this anomaly may be misinterpreted as a functioning collateral vessel, indicative of an unrecognized proximal coronar...

Introduction: Nowadays, with the advancement of technology and industrial life, the prevalence of heart diseases including coronary artery diseases has considerably increased. Coronary artery diseases are one of the most common and serious diseases that threaten human life. Methods: The present study is a comparative-descriptive research. The statistical ...