Background: C.V.A is an important health problem.  Efforts to reduce the incidence of C.V.A are essential and such attempts should be based on the knowledge of risk factors.  In this study C.V.A risk factors were evaluated. Materials and Methods: We used a case control method. The cases comprised of 146 patients admitted to stroke unit with acute stroke.  The controls comprised of 147 particip...

BACKGROUND Coronary calcification detected by electron beam tomography may improve cardiovascular risk prediction. The technique is particularly promising in the elderly because the predictive power of cardiovascular risk factors weakens with age. We investigated the prognostic value of coronary calcification for cardiovascular events and mortality in a general, asymptomatic population of elder...

AIMS The aim is to compare the coronary risk chart published by the European Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and produced using a Framingham risk function, with a risk function derived from an Italian population study. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary risk function in this study was the result of longitudinal experience in an Italian middle-aged population of 1656 male subject...

BACKGROUND In white populations, computed tomographic measurements of coronary-artery calcium predict coronary heart disease independently of traditional coronary risk factors. However, it is not known whether coronary-artery calcium predicts coronary heart disease in other racial or ethnic groups. METHODS We collected data on risk factors and performed scanning for coronary calcium in a popu...

introduction: doppler ultrasonography (dus) is the most preferable method for screening of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing cabg. the purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of carotid artery disease and determine the relation between known risk factors of atherosclerosis and rate of carotid artery narrowing in order to identify high-risk groups among patients schedu...

Introduction: Coronary angiography is the most common angiographic procedure for diagnosis and treatment of the heart diseases. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the entrance surface dose (ESD), dose area product (DAP), as well as cancer risk in interventional cardiology procedures. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted during July-December 2015 at Shahid Madani Heart Center in Khorramabad...

BACKGROUND The relative contribution of health behaviors to coronary risk factors in multicomponent secondary coronary heart disease (CHD) prevention programs is largely unknown. PURPOSE Our purpose is to evaluate the additive and interactive effects of 3-month changes in health behaviors (dietary fat intake, exercise, and stress management) on 3-month changes in coronary risk and psychosocia...

Coronary heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the modern society. Many risk factors for coronary heart disease have been discussed and identified by medical fraternity. However, the magnitudes of risk factors, particularly in predicting the disease are remained unknown and inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to develop fuzzy regression prediction model and to inv...

OBJECTIVES Scientific literature indicates that the risk of coronary heart disease morbidity and death among peritoneal dialysis patients exceeds risk observed in non-renal patients. The aims of this study were to establish the independent predictors associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease in peritoneal dialysis patients without diabetic nephropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A n...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...