BACKGROUND Myocardial infarction (MI) is a heart condition caused by the suspension of blood circulation in a part of the myocardium. There are different risk factors contributing to a heart attack. Some believe that endorphins and endogenous opioids play an important role in causing MIs. OBJECTIVES This study intended to determine the relationship between opium dependency and mortality rate ...

Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIgs) are used for several indications, including autoimmune conditions. IVIg treatment is associated with several possible adverse reactions including induction of a hypercoagulable state. We report a 76-year-old woman treated with IVIg for myasthenia gravis, which developed chest pain and weakness following IVIg infusion. The symptoms were associated with ST segm...

Background. Global Pandemic of COVID-19 is a viral infection caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that primary target in respiratory system and spread rapidly around the world through droplets direct contact. On other side, affects to damage myocardial causing acute heart attacks including Unstable Angina (UAP), Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infraction (NSTEMI) o...

INTRODUCTION Freiberg's infraction is an osteonecrosis affecting the metatarsal head whose pathogenesis is not fully understood, although stress overloading by multiple microtraumas remains the most widely accepted cause. Operative treatment, by different techniques, is necessary when conservative treatment fails. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 31-year old woman presented with left foot severe pain, ...

We systematically searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and China National Knowledge Infrastructure from the inception to March 31, 2017, identified relevant trials about efficacy of high-does Atorvastatin for patients with percutaneous coronary intervention. Twelve studies with the number of 2801 patients were included in the meta-analysis. Compared with control group, high-does Atorvasta...

Statin therapy is effective at reducing cardiovascular event rates among those with prior myocardial infraction, stroke, diabetes, or overt hyperlipidemia, and current guidelines strongly recommend lipid-lowering therapy among these patient groups as an adjunct to aggressive lifestyle interventions. However, of the nearly 1.7 million heart attacks and strokes that occur annually in the United S...

AbstructFor operation planning before the cardiac plastic surgery, a cardiac surgeon needs to touch the cardiac muscle to know where thin and soft regions of the muscular wall due to myocardial infraction and dilate cardiomyopathy are located. Since the opportunity to palpate the cardiac muscle of the diseased heart is limited to the operative scene, young, inexperienced cardiac surgeons strong...

Freiberg’s infraction is an ostechondrosis of a lesser metatarsal head resulting in degeneration of the metatarsophalangeal joint. Several mechanisms have been suggested in its pathenogenesis. Freiberg first described the entity and believed single impact trauma was the underlying cause. Repetitive biomechanical microtrauma is the most widely accepted etiologic theory. Other factors contributin...