introduction: psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by plaques covered with silvery scales. psoriasis is highly prevalent in different countries in the world, including iran. several studies have reported a significant association between psoriasis and cardiovascular diseases. this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between psoriasis and cardiac disease using echo...

a 47-year-old man presented as a dyspnea and fatigue. a transthoracic echocardi-ography (tte) performed to assess valvar heart disease and left ventricular (lv) function showed a large hydatid cysts in the inter ventricular septum bulging to posterior of heart and compressing its overlying muscle as whitish round mass. the patient underwent elective surgery by evacuation of septal hydatid cysts...

Background:Cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP) is a useful method of modifying cardiovascular risk factors, improving life expectancy and quality of life in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). The present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of cardiac rehabilitation on the pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LV...