background coronary heart disease (chd) is one of the most common and life-threatening diseases in both developed and developing countries and a close correlation has been found between different types of obesity and chd. objectives the current study investigated the relationship between central obesity and coronary heart disease risk factors in chd referral outpatients to khatam clinic, zaheda...

background : st-elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) is a major cause of cardiovascular mortality worldwide. there are differences between very young patients with stemi and their older counterparts.   this study investigates the demographics and clinical findings in very young patients with stemi. methods: through a review of the angiography registry, 108 patients aged ≤ 35 years (group i) ...

background: given gender differences in the risk of coronary artery disease (cad), the present study sought to investigate these dissimilarities amongst patients who underwent angiography at a major, tertiary heart hospital in iran. methods: between 2005 and 2010, 44,820 patients who underwent coronary angiography were enrolled in a registry. pre-procedural data such as demographics, cad risk f...

abstract nowadays, coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is considered to be one of the most common surgical procedures. this procedure has been the main topic in many clinical research studies, which have assessed the effect of the procedure on patients’ outcomes. like other surgical procedures, this procedure is also accompanied by a number of unwanted complications, including those of the r...

conclusion primary and secondary prevention of cad including life style modifications and dietary interventions strongly recommended in iranian population. results the prevalence of cad, coronary risk factors and metabolic syndrome in iran is higher than western countries and similar to some middle east countries. there are limited data with regard to novel coronary risk factors in iran. method...

impaired fasting glucose identifies individuals at high risk of progression to diabetes but the role of ifg as a coronary artery disease risk factor, independent of its progression to diabetes and its association with other coronary artery disease risk factors ,is unclear. a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis that impaired fasting glucose increased the likelihood of ...

In India, a survey indicates the prevalence of 30 times increase in hypertension among urban dwellers, compared with 10 times in rural inhabitants.1 Urbanization together with a change in life style, diet, and job stress, has been attributed in causing hypertension.Stress can cause hypertension by elevating the blood pressure (BP) and by stimulating the nervous system leading to the production ...

background: the incidence of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is between 0.9% and 6.7%, which significantly increases in-hospital and out-hospital costs. this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of significant carotid stenosis and its risk factors in cabg. methods: in total, 2044 consecutive patients undergoing elective cabg were investigated through a pre-operative...

objective vitamin e is a major lipid-soluble antioxidant. it has been demonstrated that vitamin e supplementation has a beneficial effect against coronary heart disease (chd). this study to investigate the effects of coronary risk factors on serum vitamin e status in patients with dyslipidaemia. materials and methods this tertiary care hospital; case - control study was comprised 237 dyslipidae...