Background & Aims: Metabolic syndrome is composed of interrelated cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk factors. Moreover, recent researches have illustrated the association of systemic diseases and periodontitis. Thus, the early diagnosis of this syndrome, as a cardiometabolic risk factor, seems necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients...

Chest pain has been the second major complaint in the emergency of North America's hospitals. 4 Usually 1030% of the patients with chest pain have ACS. 1-4% of ACS and 2-3% of the MI patients are mistakenly discharged from hospitals. 5-6 In Iran, cardiovascular disease, with 46% death rate, is the most common cause of death. 7 Atherosclerosis of coronary has been the most important cause of hea...

Advances in medicine and health policy have resulted in growing of older population, with a concurrent rise in multimorbidity, particularly in Iran, as a country transitioning to a western lifestyle, and in which the percent of the population over the age of 60 years is increasing. This study aims to assess multimorbidity and the associated risk factors in Iran. We used data from 50,045 partici...

BACKGROUND Some studies showed that smoking follows an upward trend in Asian countries as compared with other countries. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of cigarette smoking on cardiovascular diseases and risk factors of atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension. METHODS This study was conducted on 6123 men residing in central Iran (Isfahan and Markazi Provinces) that ...

1 Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 Medical Philosophy and History Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4 Student’s Research Committee, Tabriz University ...

Pediatric Department, Pediatric growth and development research center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of pediatric infectious diseases , University of Medical Sciences. Tehran, Iran Department of Radiology University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Pediatric, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Departm...

1 Clinical Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Iranian Society for Support of Patients With Infectious Diseases, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Tuberculosis and Pediatric Infectious Research Center (TPIRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, IR Iran Hepat Mon.2012;12(7...

ardiovascular disease includes coronary heart disease and stroke. Together they are major causes of morbidity and mortality in many countries. In Iran, cardiovascular disease accounts for 45.7% of deaths. Cardiovascular disease is the well down which many Iranians will fall. Because cardiovascular disease is more common in older populations, it will become an increasing problem as the Iranian p...

1 Clinical Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Iranian Society for Support of Patients With Infectious Diseases, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Nephrology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Hepat Mon.2012;12(7):463-464. DOI: 10.5812/hepatmo...

Treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disorders are highly dependent on medications and particularly adherence to medications to achieve optimal pharmacotherapy outcomes. Several factors can affect a patient's adherence including: knowledge and beliefs about their illness and medications, concomitant psychological disorders, type of therapeutic regimen, and lack of ...