a 53-year-old male was referred to our department for refractory primary hypertension. despite high doses of 6 anti-hypertensive drugs, ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure (bp) revealed a mean bp of 160/90 mmhg. under local anaesthesia, renal denervation with radiofrequency was performed supported by high-resolution 3d angiography, which helped confirm the position of the applications in a ...

background: cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of deaths in iran and other developing countries. the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases are divided into two categories; the variable risk factors and the non-variable risk factors. many recent studies evaluated the relationship between higher eosinophilia and allergy levels with the incidence, progress and severity of cardiov...

purpose: to investigate the relationship between neck circumferences and cardiovascular risk   factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome.   materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with acute coronary syndrome   in kerman hospitals were assessed by measuring their neck circumference and risk factors of   cardiovascular disease. the data were analyzed by student t -...

cardiovascular disease (cad) screening in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus is controversial. an exercise stress test is a safe and effective initial testing for ischemic heart disease (ihd) screening. treadmill stress test is not the best screening method for a particular patient who is not able to exercise, abnormal electrocardiogram (ecg) or positive exercise treadmill test (ett) ...

background and aims. recent reports suggest that some of the risk factors for periodontal disease are similar to those of certain systemic diseases, and that periodontal disease itself may be a risk factor for some systemic diseases. therefore, the present study investigated the association of markers of metabolic control and systemic inflammation in diabetics with the extent and severity of pe...

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...

At the worldwide level, heart disease is leading cause of death. The primary goals this study were to look into cardiac risk variables in datasets available on Kaggle. data included 303 people, 138 whom had and 165 did not. Age, gender, chest pain, resting blood pressure, cholesterol fast sugar, electrocardiogram at rest, maximum rate during stress test, angina exercise, old peak, slope ST segm...