background: cardiac dysfunction due to chronic anemia and hemosiderosis are the major causes of death among patients with thalassemia intermedia. this study was performed to compare the cardiac function in thalassemia intermedia patients with normal subjects by means of echocardiography. materials and methods: this was a case-control study performed on 22 patients affected by thalassemia interm...

abstract background: cardiac self‑efficacy is an essential factor in persistence of healthy behaviors in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). today, telenursing methods have numerous applications in health care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of a text message and telephone follow‑up program on cardiac self‑efficacy of patients with cad. materials and methods: this ...

Introduction :Today there is general awareness of the potential damage to the heart in left- sided (more than in rightsided) breast cancer radiotherapy.     Material & Method: Historical changes in tumor and heart doses are presented here along with the impact of different RT techniques and volumes. Results: Individual and pharm...

background the prevalence of chronic postoperative pain after cardiac surgery has been reported from 17% to 56%. objectives we aimed to compare the prevalence of postoperative pain between patients who had undergone cabg using the internal mammary artery (ima) and those who had undergone other cardiac surgeries including cabg using the saphenous vein or cardiac valvular surgeries. patients and ...

thalassemia major patients require repeated transfusions of packed cell and their lysis lead to iron deposition especially in the cardiac walls such as septum and posterior wall, so make thickening and cause cardiac disorders. in this case-control study, our object was to appoint if qt and qtc and te dispersions were predictors of cardiac disorders in thalassemia major patients or not. 34 thala...

Background: Anxiety and depression are the most common complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. Although patients may gain some physical and psychological benefit from cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery, but some individuals and social aspects may change the cardiac rehabilitation procedure. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of short-term cardiac rehabi...

Introduction:Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT has diagnostic and prognostic values in coronary artery disease (CAD). We tried to determine prognostic values of the left ventricular perfusion & functional indices as well as transient left ventricular dilation (TID) derived from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT. Methods: 1820patients who underwent gated myo...