the effect of opium addiction on the appearance of different types of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction (ami) has been assessed in few studies. this study is aimed to determine the effect of opium on post-mi arrhythmia and also to address the differences in the appearance of different types of arrhythmias after ami between opium addicted and non-addicted patients. in this comparativ...

background: we sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the different trade forms of streptokinase available in our country, namely heberkinasa (heberbiotec, havana, cuba) and streptase (aventis behring gmbh, marburg, germany). methods: we conducted a double-blind randomized clinical trial to compare the two streptokinase formulations, i.e. heberkinasa (hbk) or streptase (stp), in patients...

introduction: nowadays, myocardial infarction is the second factor of the deaths after accidents and cancers in the world. the coronary artery diseases are stressful for patients. this research was performed to determine the influence of discharge planning on anxiety levels in acute myocardial infarction patients.   materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed on 60 patien...

background: the association between methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism and coronary artery diseases risk has been both confirmed and refuted in a number of published studies. the aim of this study was to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms of mthfr (c677t, a1298c) contributed to the development of myocardial infarction (mi). materials and methods: the present case-control s...

Introduction: Regarding the association between climate, seasons and myocardial infarction, a cross-sectional study was carried out in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas in Iran. Methods: All patients with diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction living in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas were included in the study during 2011-2013. Demographic data were extracted from the patients’ hospital records. Data w...

conclusions there was no meaningful relationship between the mortality rate of patients with mi who were either opium-dependent or non-opium-dependent. the number of re-hospitalizations due to heart problems was meaningfully higher in the opium-dependent patients; hence, educating people and training them on the destructive effects of opium, specifically in patients with heart conditions is hig...

background: early clinical and retrospective angiographic evaluations indicated that in patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi), vulnerable plaques most often represented a mild luminal stenosis. more recent studies drawing upon prospective angiograms, however, have demonstrated that in majority of patients with acute mi, the underlying stenosis is significant.   methods: twenty-eight pa...

conclusions inhalation aromatherapy with lavender aroma can reduce anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction. consequently, healthcare providers, particularly nurses, can use this strategy to improve postmyocardial infarction anxiety management. results the study groups did not differ significantly regarding baseline anxiety mean and demographic characteristics. however, after the administ...

background coronary heart disease (chd) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in pakistan. the temporal trends in the risk factors for myocardial infarction (mi) and the impact of socioeconomic status on these risk factors remain ambiguous. objectives the objectives of the present analysis were to investigate the potential association between various risk factors and mi in north punj...