cor triatriatum   sinistrum is a rare congenital cardiac malformation, accounting for about 0.1-0.4% of all congenital heart diseases and characterized by the presence of a fibromuscular membrane that subdivides the left atrium into two chambers in the classical form. while classic cor triatriatum in most patients can be observed during the neonatal period or early infancy, it is very rare in a...

objective vitamin e is a major lipid-soluble antioxidant. it has been demonstrated that vitamin e supplementation has a beneficial effect against coronary heart disease (chd). this study to investigate the effects of coronary risk factors on serum vitamin e status in patients with dyslipidaemia. materials and methods this tertiary care hospital; case - control study was comprised 237 dyslipidae...

introduction: rheumatic heart disease still remains one of the leading causes of congestive heart failure and death owing to valvular pathologies, in developing countries. valve replacement still remains the treatment of choice in such patients.the aim of this study wasto analyze the postoperative outcome of  double valve replacement (mitral and aortic ) in patients of rheumatic heart disease. ...

fuzzy logic has a high potential for managing the uncertainty sources associated with the medical expert systems. application of fuzzy inference model has been widely concentrated for managing uncertainties in computer based practices of medicine. this paper has proposed two fuzzy expert systems for prognosis of the heart disease based on: 1) mamdani inference model, and 2) sugeno inference mod...

Mitochondria play an important role in energy production for the cell. The proper function of a myocardial cell largely depends on the functional capacity of the mitochondria.  Therefore it is necessary to establish a novel and reliable method for a non-invasive assessment of mitochondrial function and metabolism in humans. Although originally designed for evaluating myocardial perfusion, 99mTc...

A total of 14 cases of infective endocarditis (IE) in children aged 6 months to 10 years were seen from December 1987 to December 1992 at the pediatric unit of Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center. The majority of patients (12 of 14) were between 5 and 10 years of age. Acyanotic congenital heart disease was known to preexist in 78.6% and rheumatic valvular heart disease in 21.4% of cases. Or...

conclusions psychoeducation resulted in improved mental health in patients with coronary heart disease. therefore, it is recommended that this approach be performed as a complementary, effective, non-invasive, low-cost nursing intervention to reduce psychological problems in these patients. background patients with coronary heart disease are at high risk for mental health disorders, such as dep...