Background Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are heterogenous systemic autoimmune disorders that mainly affect the skin, muscles, and lungs. Whereas cardiac involvement is considered to be rare, it causes inflammation fibrosis leading severe morbidity mortality. However, little known about clinical characteristics risk factors for in patients with IIMs. Objectives The aim of this study ...

background: embolus is one of the causes of ischemic stroke that can be due to cardiac sources such as valvular heart diseases and atrial fibrillation and atheroma of the aorta. transesophageal echocardiography (tee) is superior in identifying potential cardiac sources of emboli. due to insufficient data on tee findings in ischemic stroke in iran, the present study was done to evaluate tee in d...

background: burn injuries impose a considerable burden on healthcare systems in iran. it is among the top ten causes of mortality and a main cause of disability. objectives: this study aimed to examine factors influencing mortality in burn patients admitted to the main educational tertiary referral hospital in kermanshah. patients and methods: all patients admitted to the imam khomeini hospital...