Background: More than half of myocardial infracted (MI) patients have no conventional risk factors. Regarding the belief that opium addiction has a protective effect on heart diseases, addiction prevalence has unfortunately increased in recent years. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of opium addiction on patients with acute myocardial infarction. Methods: This case-control stu...

Acute occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) generally results in ST segment elevations in precordial leads and reciprocal ST segment depression in inferior leads. The occurrence of isolated inferior myocardial infarction due to occlusion of LAD is very rare. We describe an isolated acute inferior myocardial infarction due to occlusion of a wrapped LAD at the apex which...

introduction: nowadays, myocardial infarction is the second factor of the deaths after accidents and cancers in the world. the coronary artery diseases are stressful for patients. this research was performed to determine the influence of discharge planning on anxiety levels in acute myocardial infarction patients.   materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed on 60 patien...

Objectives: To determine the frequency of left ventricular thrombus in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, relation of left ventricular thrombus to degree of left ventricular-dysfunction, and effects of adjuvant therapy on left ventricular thrombus formation. Material & Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted at Cardiology Department, Hayatabad Medical Comple...

INTRODUCTION In the current study, we evaluated the effect of anthropometric indices on ejection fraction following first acute anterior myocardial infarction. METHODS In an analytic-cross sectional study, 50 patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction and abnormal anthropometric indices (Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30, Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) ≥ 1 and ≥ 0.85 in males and females respectively...

acute myocardial infarction can culminate in sudden cardiac death due to cardiogenic shock and ventricular fibrillation, and also rarely due to cardiac rupture. we present a case of post-infarction myocardial rupture after thrombolytic therapy diagnosed with transthoracic echocardiography and treated with direct closure and coronary artery bypass grafting.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) commonly occurs in individuals over the age of 45 years. Several studies categorize “young” with CAD or acute myocardial infarction as those below ages 40 and 45. The protection provided by young has slowly been eroded risk factors like smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyle that are becoming more common among individuals. We report a case 21-yea...