background: new-onset atrial fibrillation (af) after cardiac surgery contributes to increased morbidity, hospital length of stay, and resource utilization. although many aspects of af after cardiac surgery have already been elucidated, the mechanism by which cardiac surgery predisposes patients to af has hitherto remained unknown. recent evidence supports the notion that blood transfusion enhan...

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (arvd/c) is a congenital cardiac disease with myocardial involvement, most probably right ventricular (rv) dysfunction, accounting for 20% of sudden cardiac deaths. characterized by the fibro-fatty infiltration of the rv free wall, arvd/c presents in adolescents with ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure symptoms and as biventricular...

conclusions high prevalence of the increased cimt in patients undergoing cabg highlights the significance of cimt measurement in early diagnosis of the systemic atherosclerosis. moreover, although traditional cardiovascular risk factors were important they could not explain the extension and the severity of cimt. it seems that some ultrasonographic features such as the associated carotid plaque...

conclusions our findings revealed that the severity of coronary artery stenosis is common in diabetic patients compared to nondiabetics. early diagnosis and treatment of cad in diabetic patients is recommended. results based on data found in our study, 93.8% of diabetic and 83.4% of nondiabetic patients were shown to suffer coronary artery stenosis. severe involvement (grade 3vd) of coronary ar...

over a period of four years, we followed 200 male cases (female patients were excluded from this study because from early childhood, the majority of iranian girls have their ears pierced which tends to distort the ear lobe and renders the diagnosis of the crease difficult) of proved coronary artery disease (angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, and myocardial infarction) in a private clinic ...

Background: Coronary artery disease is considered as the most common cause of death in all societies including Iran. This study seeks to compare the new risk factors of coronary-artery diseases in obese adolescents and control group.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, amongst the obese adolescents registered in the nutrition clinic of Ghaem Hospital, 80 individuals were selected. As the con...

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death and disability around the world. Interaction between genetic and environmental factors determines susceptibility of an individual to develop coronary artery disease . Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) play an important role in the metabolism of HDL-C ( High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol ), LDL-C (Low Density Lipoprotein Ch...

introduction: chest pain is a common problem in patients referring to emergency units. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the short-term outcome of patients presenting with a low risk chest pain and discharging without provoke ischemia study during emergency department admission. methods: in the present prospective cohort study, patients with low-risk chest pain, referring to the emer...