Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including coronary heart disease (CHD), attacks, stroke, failure (HF), and peripheral artery disease, still represent the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17 [...]

conclusions in total, application of therapeutic approaches in patients with cad depends on many factors. in our study not only risk factors such as gender, lifestyle, smoking, alcohol abuse, diabetes and hypertension were associated with the incidence of cad, but also they were highly correlated with the severity of the disease. results the mean age of total patients was 58.3 ± 11.5 years (p =...

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a group of diseases that include both the heart and blood vessels, thereby including coronary (CHD) artery (CAD), acute syndrome (ACS) among several other conditions.

Mortality statistics of Peninsular Malaysia for the period 1950-1989 have been studied in relation to cardiovascular diseases, with particular emphasis on coronary heart disease as an important cause of death. It was observed that among six major disease groups reviewed, cardiovascular diseases which occupied third place as a cause of death in 1950 emerged as the number one killer during the 19...

QT dispersion is the interval between longest (QTmax) as well shortest (QTmin) recorded on a surface 12-lead electrocardiogram. It has predictive value for ventricular arrhythmias including patients with ischemic heart diseases well. Coronary slow flow been always an ambiguous entity scale of disease. The coronary may add non-invasive tool identification these patients.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in the world and type 2 diabetes is one of them because it is highly prevalent and doubles heart disease risk. Some studies suggest that insulin resistance is associated with coronary artery disease in non-diabetics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of insulin resistance (IR) and coronary artery disease...

Introduction: Coronary angiography is the most common angiographic procedure for diagnosis and treatment of the heart diseases. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the entrance surface dose (ESD), dose area product (DAP), as well as cancer risk in interventional cardiology procedures. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted during July-December 2015 at Shahid Madani Heart Center in Khorramabad...

background: cardiovascular diseases have the highest death rates in human society. coronary artery disease is among the most important of these diseases. no treatment of cardiovascular disease has as much impact on the quality of life of the patients as the heart surgery. the recovery from heart surgery is associated with symptoms of pain and psychological distress. in the early recovery period...