background: marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) have been heralded as a source of great promise for the regeneration of the infarcted heart. there are no clear data as to whether or not in vitro differentiation of mscs into major myocardial cells can increase the beneficial effects of mscs. the aim of this study was to address this issue. methods: to induce mscs to transdifferentiate i...

introduction: asymptomatic diabetic patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular complications. myocardial perfusion scan may be effective in risk evaluation in this population. methods: 106 asymptomatic diabetic patients (age: min: 37, max: 82, mean: 57.73±8.88), including 56 females (52.8%) and 50 males (47.2%) were enrolled in the study. myocardial perfusion scintigraphy was performed by...

background: the recent developments in tissue doppler imaging (tdi) now more than ever permit the quantification of the myocardial function. in the current systems, tissue tracking or displacement curves are generated from color tissue doppler data through the instantaneous temporal integral of velocity-time curves. methods: the purpose of the present study was to assess regional myocardial dis...

conclusions it seems that usage of ecg rating systems such as sss at the time of admission, in addition to showing the extent of the conflict in the myocardium, can provide valuable information about prognosis, severity of myocardial damage and ventricular function in hospitalized patients. background ischemic heart disease is among the most important causes of mortality. therefore, classificat...

background: despite the emerging evidence on beneficial effects of probiotics on the cardiovascular system, their impact on the management of ischemic heart diseases and its possible mechanism have not been elucidated. methods: four viable probiotics bacterial strains, including bifidobacterium breve, lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus bulgaricus and lactobacillus acidophilus, at the concentrat...