Herein, we report a patient with arterio-venous fistula secondary to mycotic aneurysm, causing high output heart failure. The patient had one-year history of refractory heart failure and recurrent pulmonary edema. This presentation is a good example of curative surgically treatable cause of high-output congestive heart failure.Iran J Med Sci 2005; 30(1): 41-44. Keywords ● Arterio-venous fistula...

abstract background: heart failure is one of the most important and prevalent diseases that may have negative effects on the quality of life (qol). today, the promotion of qol in patients with heart failure is important in nursing care programs. this research aimed to determine the efficacy of hope‑promoting interventions based on religious beliefs on the qol of patients with congestive heart f...

the aim of this study is to show that the measures derived from electrocardiogram (ecg) signals many a time perform better than the same measures obtained from heart rate (hr) signals. a comparison was made to investigate how far the nonlinear symbolic dynamics approach helps to characterize the nonlinear properties of ecg signals and hr signals, and thereby discriminate between normal and cong...

background: the alteration of th1 and th2 cytokine levels is the subject of controversy in pleural effusions caused by malignancy, a situation that favors a th2 immune response. objective: to examine the different levels of il-4 and il-10 (th2 cytokines), and il-2 and interferon-γ (ifn-γ) (th1 cytokines) in malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions. method: the cytokine levels in pleural fl...

rheumatic mitral valve stenosis is the most common form of organic heart disease encountered during pregnancy and continues to cause maternal and fetal mortality. medically refractory congestive heart failure due to mitral stenosis is a clinical challenge and its optimal management remains controversial. on the other hand due to hazard of x-ray to mother and fetus, there are some limitations fo...

background the aim of this study was to examine the impacts of multiple indicators of socio-economic status (ses) on congestive heart failure (chf) related readmission.   methods a prospective study consisting of 315 patients without the history of admission due to chf was carried out in tehran during 2010 and 2011. they were classified into quartiles based on their ses applying principal compo...

During a period of four years between June, IS, 1988 to June, IS, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) were admitted to the pediatric department of Taleghani General Hospital. During the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and CHF was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. Congenital heart disease (CHO) w...