Introduction: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is considered as an independent predictor of long-term prognosis in the individual patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study sought to assess the relationship between NLR and CAD severity in Iranian patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.Material and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 500 patients with acute cor...

The acute occlusion of a coronary artery without the evidence of myocardial infarction might immediately affect both the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. We present the case with a sudden occlusion of the left main coronary artery without typical chest pain following an exercise tolerance test and rapid spontaneous reperfusion of the left main coronary artery.

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease patients. Because of a higher occurrence of asymptomatic coronary artery disease and increased perioperative cardiovascular mortality in kidney transplant patients, screening for coronary artery disease before transplant surgery is essential. Various studies have shown that cardiac stress testing is a...

materials and methods in this case-control study, using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr), adrs266729 and rs2241766 gene polymorphisms were genotyped in b-type ultrasonography-proven nafld patients, with (n = 246) or without (n = 247) cad and in healthy controls (n = 304). serum lipid profiles were determined using biochemical methods. statistical analyses were performed using spss 17.0 stati...

conclusions cgm is a non-invasive technique recently developed for quantitative three-dimensional vectorial analysis of myocardial activity and detection of ischemia and infarction. this technique is clearly more sensitive and more specific than a standard resting 12-lead ecg. results the coronary angiography showed a normal coronary artery in 263 patients (67.4%). a median of cgm score was 1 (...

While increasing levels of recreational sports participation are incrementally cardioprotective, strenuous physical exertion transiently increases the risk for acute cardiac events including sudden death. The frequency marathon-related arrests has been since year 2000 mainly in middle-aged men due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Coronary calcium scores and post-race biomarkers recom...

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...