background: clopidogrel is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs to prevent ischemic events following coronary syndromes or stent placement. however, impaired responses to therapy as well as resistance are also reported. genetic variants play an important role in clopidogrel biotransformation to its active metabolite that may subsequently influence the clopidogrel antiplatelet effect. the o...

conclusions the prevalence of undiagnosed ihd in the hd patients was considerable. we, therefore, suggest that ihd be assessed in hd patients, especially those at high risk due to positive family history of cad, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetes mellitus, kt/v < 1.2, low ferritin levels, and high levels of intact parathyroid hormone. results sixty-nine hd patients were studie...

background: ischemic heart disease (ihd) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and a considerable part of these patients attend to emergency departments, which increases the burden to these busy departments. the aim of this study was to develop a prediction model enabling prediction of all cause emergency department (ed) visits in patients with documented coronary stenosis in ...

background: ischemic heart disease (ihd) is one of the leading causes of death and disability among young and older women, respectively. researches in this area mostly focused on manifestations, risk factors, and treatment of the patients with ihd. therefore, there is a lack of information on the aspects of affects and feelings of such patients. this study aimed to describe lived experience of ...

introduction: the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of patients with congestive heart failure (chf) have been described by a number of previous studies, but very little information is available on this issue in iran. this study aimed to delineate the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of iranian patients hospitalized with chf. methods: during an observational, analytical, descrip...

Introduction: During the recent years, vitamin D deficiency was determined as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of vitamin D with ischemic heart disease in the city of Hamadan. Methods: A case control-study was performed with 72 patients with ischemic heart disease, which had been confirmed by angiography in the case group. V...

cardiotoxicity is one of the most important adverse event related to anthracycline therapy and can lead in about 1-5% of cases to the occurrence of heart failure. in a higher percentage of patients treated with these drugs asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction can occur, so that guidelines recommend a strict clinical and echocardiographic monitoring. however, the occurrence of left ventricu...

Introduction: The correlation between right and left ventricular ejection fractions (RVEF and LVEF, respectively) has been studied in only a small number of patients with a marked decrease in RVEF and LVEF. The aim of the present study was to compare LVEF and RVEF in patients with ischemic heart disease. RVEF and LVEF were measured by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imaging. Materials a...