background: numerous benefits of physical activity are well-known for the prevention and treatment of various diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and cancers. however, the status of physical activities among women remains noticeably less than the recommended level. considering the importance of the spouses’ participation in the promotion of women’s health, this study exa...

Hyperuriacemia has been reported as an independent predictor of shortand long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome. 1,2 In the recent issue of Acta Cardiologica Sinica, Akgul et al. advocated that uric acid > 5.7 mg/dl was associated with increased in-hospital and six-month cardiovascular death in Turkish patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) underg...

BACKGROUND With increasing rates of obesity and its link with cardiovascular disease, there is a need for better understanding of the obesity-outcome relationship. This study explores the association between categories of obesity with treatment times and mortality for patients experiencing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined 8725 patients with ST-segmen...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to measure the patient entrance skin dose (ESD) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), and assess the factors that affect it. METHODS AND RESULTS Radiosensitive indicators were used to measure ESDs during 23 procedures. Multiple regression analysis identified the strength of the linear relationship of the depende...

conclusions this study showed the superiority of direct method of presentation in changing pregnant women’s knowledge and behavior about oral health care. background during pregnancy, physiological changes occur in body, which resulting results in oral health problems such as caries, tooth mobility, and pregnancy gingivitis. inflammatory mediators might seriously affect the fetus and placenta. ...

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a well-validated index for assessing the physiologic significance of a coronary stenosis in most clinical conditions encountered in today's catheterisation laboratory. The aim of this paper is to provide a short overview of the theoretical background of the coronary pressure-derived FFR index and its clinical applicability in guiding complex coronary interventio...