Medical tourism plays an important role in national revenue of many countries; This industry earns about 100 billion dollars for the governments each year. However, Tourism is not developed in Iran and it is in its initial paces. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Health recognized tourism-therapy in 2003. In addition, by doing this, rather than supporting tourism-therapy, the ministry mainly...

objective: prolactinomas are the most common pituitary tumors in pregnant women. we conducted this study on pregnant women with prolactinoma to determine their clinical symptoms and signs and eventual necessity to medical therapy. materials and methods: a descriptive study was performed on 85 pregnant women with prolactinoma.patients were followed up by physical examination, imaging, and perime...

brucella endocarditis is an uncommon but not rare manifestation of brucellosis in our country. we report six adult patients aged 20 to 45 years. two of our patients were female, and this is the first time that brucella endocarditis was reported in adult females. in five cases, aortic valve replacement was performed in addition to combined antibiotic therapy. one of them died due to immediate co...

Introduction: Heart failure is a major hazard for public health. Despite recent advance in medical therapy, there is not enough information on the outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) and medical therapy on the patients with severe ventricular dysfunction and triple-vessel (CAD). This study aimed to compare treatment outcomes and mortality rate in patients undergoing off-pump coro...

conclusions cabg may be the superior form of treatment for long-term outcomes in terms of the relief of chest pain, improvement of the functional class, reduced need for re-admission, and later death for octogenarians. however, short-term morbidity may be higher among the cabg group, but the mortality rate after 30 days is quite similar. background appropriate treatment methods lead to a reduce...