abstract background: acute coronary syndrome is the most common disease in the world. several studies suggest that hyperglycemia is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of insulin infusion protocol and conventional therapy on the blood glucose level and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients wi...

background: the purpose of this research was to determine the relation between negative or positive qualitative troponin i test and the short term prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms. methods: we assessed the qualitative rapid troponin i in patients with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms after at least 4 hours and then we...

introduction: acute coronary syndrome accounts for more than 15% of the chest pains. recently, hess et al. developed north american chest pain rule (nacpr) to identify very low-risk patients who can be safely discharged from emergency department (ed). the present study aimed to validate this rule in eds of two academic hospitals. methods: a prospective diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on...

introduction : coronary artery disease is one of the most dangerous health problems in developed and undeveloped countries. annually one million patients admitted in coronary care units in u.s.a due to ami and about 59 million people suffered from atherosclerosis. in europe 54% of c.c.u admissions is due to non q wave mi and 46% due to q wave mi. unfortunately there is no distinct statistic al ...

background: the smokers who use supportive programs have a greater chance to quit smoking. smoking cessation recommendation is one of the most important prevention and treatment methods mentioned in care guidelines provided for patients with acute coronary syndrome. aim: the main objective of this study is to determine the effects of training-counseling programs on smoking cessation in patients...

conclusions the at1r a1166c polymorphism appeared not to be associated with the presence of acs in the population studied. background there are very limited data for iranian populations on the predisposing genetic factors for acute coronary syndrome (acs). results there was no statistical difference in the genotype frequency of patients and healthy subjects with regard to age and gender (p > 0....

conclusions according to the results, there were no significant and meaningful differences comparing acs and csa groups of patients by ecds using three indicators of stenosis, plaque morphology and imt as indicators of atherosclerosis. results also display that patients with acs had more stenosis, more plaque and thicker intima–media, but these differences were not statistically significant (p ...