introduction: delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis increases the risk of death and enhances the transmission of disease in the community. this study aims to determine the patient and health service delay and factors affecting it in tuberculosis diagnosis. materials & methods: a cross-sectional survey that included all the public health centers was conducted in markazi province from march 2009...

the purpose of this investigation was to assess the effect of captopril on both systemic (p.a) and pulmonary arterial pressures (ppa) in patients with high-altitude pulmonary hypertension (haph). seventeen patients (mean age 44±6.8 years) with haph and mild to moderate systemic arterial hypertension were included in the study. all patients underwent right heart catheterization with measurements...

introduction pulmonary vein stenosis includes narrowing of one or more pulmonary veins that may have congenital or acquired causes. congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare condition and also a rare cause for pulmonary hypertension. since identifying the etiology of pulmonary hypertension plays a crucial role in medical and surgical planning, we decided to introduce a rare case of pulmonary...

abstract horseshoe lung is a congenital pulmonary malformation that is usually associated with scimitar syndrome. this malformation consists of fusion of both pulmonary lobes from the posterobasal segments. the fusion appears in the retrocardiac area, in front of the esophagus and thoracic aorta. pleural separation of pulmonary lobes distinguishes pseudohorseshoe appearance from a true horsesho...

abstract   objective: to evaluate the surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (tapvc) and determination of predictors for postoperative death. methods: between 1995 and 2005, 80 patients aged from 1 month to 12 years underwent surgical repair for supracardiac (39), cardiac (34), infracardiac (3) or mixed (4) type of tapvc. systemic pulmonary hypertension (ph) in 53.8% ...

conclusion ped software of dual-source ct combined with perfusion imaging can significantly improve the detection rate of peripheral pulmonary embolism. results ctpa images revealed 50 (7.81%) segmental and 56 (4.38%) sub-segmental pulmonary embolisms, while the ped images showed 68 (10.63%) segmental and 94 (7.34%) sub-segmental pulmonary embolisms. thus, the detection rate on ped images for p...

historically, opium was used as a potent analgesic and to treat dyspnea and cough. it is documented that opium can increase exercise tolerance and relieve breathlessness. however, its overdose can suppress respiratory centers. the purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of opium on spirometric lung volumes.the study was done on two groups of patients referred to the lung clinic of labbafi...

conclusions results of the present study showed that hydroalcoholic extracts of pomegranate seeds had a significant protective effect against bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis by its antioxidant properties. the highest protective effect was observed for the 400 mg/kg dose. results histological analysis showed that pse could prevent pathological changes that were seen in the bleomycin group. objec...

the study was aimed to investigate the diagnostic differences between male and female patients in pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary 660 bedded educational respiratory medicine hospital, istanbul, turkey. a retrospective study was conducted with the new diagnosed, 50 men and 50 female pulmonary tuberculous patients. age, symptoms, personal history, radiologic and sputum smear findings were co...