background: numerous studies have now demonstrated that heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (hfnlef) is common. hypertension is also the most commonly associated cardiac condition in patients with hfnlef. despite the observed link between microalbuminuria, obesity, and cardiovascular disorders, this question has remained ― ‘which is more important for the prediction and prevention of ...

background : the portal system and azygos vein are the main drainage systems during portal hypertension. this study aims to compare the diameter of these veins by endoscopic ultrasonography (eus) inpatients with and without chronic liver disease (cld). materials and methods : during one year, patients with cld enrolled as the study group. patients who underwent eus for other reasons during the ...

background: essential hypertension tends to a familial mode. its pattern of inheritance is heterogeneous, but the frequencies of different mode of inheritance vary in different populations. determining of the mode of inheritance in each family is the basic information that is needed for the risk estimation in those family members. determination of pattern of inheritance in families with at leas...

background: benzodiazepine (bzd) toxicity alone or with other drugs is common in poisoning emergency departments of iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular findings in patients with benzodiazepine poisoning upon admission to the emergency department. methods: in a prospective study which was followed by retrospective analysis, 267 patients poisoned with bzd were evaluated...

background: there are controversial reports about the exact mechanisms of lead-induced hypertension, but many factors such as alteration in the responsiveness of cardiovascular system to endogenous substances including catecholamines could be one of the mechanisms involved. in present study, the effect of exposure to 100 ppm lead acetate by drinking water (in the periods of 4, 8 and 12 weeks) o...

objective(s): auraptene, a monoterpene coumarin from citrus species, exhibits cardioprotective effects.in this study, the effects of auraptene administration were investigated on blood pressure of normotensive and desoxycorticosterone acetate (doca) salt induced hypertensive rats. materials and methods: five weeks administration of auraptene (2, 4, 8 and 16 mg/kg/day) and nifedipine (0.25, 0.5,...

conclusions our study could not show any correlation between sleep quality and ambulatory bp monitoring parameters in children with abnormal bp. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between sleep quality parameters and blood pressure (bp) changes in children. patients and methods eighty six patients aged 5-15 years old with the history of urinary tract infection w...

case presentation we reported a 2-year-old boy with pph, who presented unusual and intractable seizure which suggested the diagnosis of md. we also reviewed a few previous reports about the association of pph with moyamoya disease. discussion moyamoya disease is a kind of cerebral vasculopathy and should be considered as a differential diagnosis for patients with unusual seizure attacks who are...

     The association of hypothyroidism with hypertension is an uncommon phenomenon.   Hypertension adds to cardiovascular risk in any population and hypertension due to hypothyroidism is reversible with hormonal replacement. Although there are various case studies exists in adults but such reports are rare in children.