INTERNATIONAL PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY CONGRESS | Year:2016 | دوره:5 |Papers Count:69

HEART FAILURE (HF) IS A MAJOR HEALTH PROBLEM, WITH AN INCREASING INCIDENCE AND A GLOOMY PROGNOSIS, THAT IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY RESTRICTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEVERE COMPLAINTS IN SEVERAL AREAS OF QUALITY OF LIFE. HEART FAILURE CAUSES MULTIPLE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS WHICH LEAD TO ACTIVITY INTOLERANCE IN PATIENTS AND CHANGES IN LIFE THAT AFFECTS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL)....

CARDIAC DISEASE ACCOUNT FOR SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CARE COST AND PUBLIC HEALTH BURDEN DIFFERENT STAGE OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION EXPLAINS VARIATIONS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD. HOWEVER MULTIPLE FACTORS SUCH AS GROSS NATIONAL INCOME AS WELL AS SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC AND EFFICACY OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS EXPLAIN RATE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND MORTALITY....

INTRODUCTION: AVICENNA (980-1037AD) AS A PIONEER OF PERSIAN PHYSICIAN HASDESCRIBED NUMEROUS DISEASES IN VARIOUS FIELDS IN HIS FAMOUS BOOK, “THE CANON OF MEDICINE” (1)....

THE CAUSES OF HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA (HTG) MAY BE CATEGORIZED INTO GENETICALLY BASED DISORDERS (PRIMARY DISORDERS) AND SECONDARY DISORDERS DUE TO OTHER DISEASES. THE ONLY GENETICALLY WELL CHARACTERIZED KINDS OF HTG ARE LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE (LPL) DEFICIENCY AND APOLIPOPROTEIN (APO) C-II DEFICIENCY, WHICH USUALLY PRESENT IN INFANCY AS CHYLOMICRONEMIA SYNDROMES CAUSING HTG AT EARLY CHILDHOOD AGE.....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: DIETARY AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT AND REDUCES NEGATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE. NURSES CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN INCREASING ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT REGIMEN AND IMPROVEMENT OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS....

BACKGROUND: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HAS AS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN WORLD CAN BEPREVENTED ABOUT 70% WITH LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION AND CVD RISK FACTORS MODIFICATION.A COMPREHENSIVE CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION CLINICS WITH PHYSICIAN CONSULTATION INLIFESTYLE MODIFICATION AND CVD RISK FACTORS SCREENING AND CONTROL, NURSE CARE, DIETADVICES, STRESS MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONS AND SMOKE CESSION CONSULTATION CAN HUGEIMPACT ON CVD RISK FACTORS PROFILES AND PREVENT CVD INCIDENCE.....

MOST SUDDEN DEATHS ARE CARDIAC, AND MOST SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATHS ARE RELATED TO ARRHYTHMIAS SECONDARY TO STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE OR PRIMARY ELECTRICAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE HEART....

INTRODUCTION: THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE QT DISPERSION (QTD) IN PATIENTSWITH ST ELEVATION ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (STEMI) BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENTWITH STREPTOKINASE VERSUS PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI).

SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF PEOPLE WITH DIABETES IN THE US DIE FROM HEART ATTACKS OR STROKES. UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THEM ARE NOT AWARE OF THE LINK BETWEEN DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE AND THE THINGS THEY CAN DO TO REDUCE THEIR RISKS.....

INTRODUCTION: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM COLLECTIVELY MAKE UP THE CONDITION KNOWN AS VENOUS THROMBO-EMBOLISM (VTE). RESPONSIBILITY FOR VTE RISK ASSESSMENT AND APPROPRIATE PROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT THIS MAJOR HEALTH BURDEN RESTS WITH A VARIETY OF CLINICAL STAFF....

BACKGROUND AND AIM: ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IS AN IMPORTANT MORTALITY FACTOR ESPECIALLY IN OLD MEN.THE PRESENT STUDY AIMED AT INVESTIGATING PREVALENCE OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM IN PEOPLE OVER 65 YEARS OLD WHO REFERRED TO THE ULTRASONIC CENTERS IN BIRJAND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS IN 2014.....

IMPORTANCE: PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9) INHIBITORS WERE RECENTLY APPROVED FOR LOWERING LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL IN HETEROZYGOUS FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA (FH) OR ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (ASCVD) AND HAVE POTENTIAL FOR BROAD ASCVD PREVENTION.....

INTRODUCTION: CURRENTLY, HEART DISEASES ARE MAJOR HEALTH COMPLICATIONS IN THE WORLD. IT ALSO LEADS TO MASSIVE ECONOMIC BURDEN. FOR EXAMPLE CARDIO VASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) CAUSES MORE THAN 4 MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR IN EUROPE, ACCOUNTING FOR 45% OF ALL DEATHS. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS ARE ROUTINELY SUGGESTED IN IRANIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE (IITM) FOR PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASES....

MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION IS A COMMON DEGENERATIVE PROCESS, INVOLVING THE FIBROUS SKELETON OF MITRAL VALVE ANNULUS. PROGRESSIVE CALCIUM DEPOSITION FOLLOWS THE C-SHAPE OF THE MITRAL ANNULUS, AND INVOLVES MOSTLY THE BASE OF THE POSTERIOR LEAFLET.....

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISEASE IS FIRST OR SECOND RANKING IN MORTALITY IN MOST POPULATIONS. DESPITE GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF THEM SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH REMAIN A DILEMMA....

BACKGROUND AND AIM: DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) IS A CONDITION THAT IS IMPORTANT INCASE OF DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS SUCH ASPULMONARY EMBOLISM...

TYPE 2 DIABETES IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DIABETES AND CAN LEAD TOMANY COMPLICATIONS. REDUCTION OF HGA1C IS SHOWN TO DECREASE COMPLICATIONS.BOTHAEROBIC EXERCISE AND RESISTANCE EXERCISE HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE HGA1C, BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF ONE METHOD IS BETTER THAN THE OTHERAT REDUCING HBA1C.....

THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM OF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES IS INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION. EXERCISE THERAPY BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION BY REDUCING LIMB SYMPTOMS AND IMPROVING BOTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF CONSTRAINING FACTORS LIMIT PATIENT PARTICIPATION IN SUPERVISED EXERCISE PROGRAMS.....

BACKGROUND: VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IS HIGHLY PREVALENT AND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION. THE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D INCLUDE SUPPRESSION OF RENIN AND PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVELS AND RENOPROTECTIVE, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND VASCULOPROTECTIVE PROPERTIES....

INTRODUCTION: OBESITY IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND IT ISKNOWN AS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR. SO, THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THEEFFECTS OF PHASE II COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAM ON FUNCTIONALCAPACITY, LIPID PROFILES AND FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE WOMENPATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND TO COMPARE THESE GROUPS.....

THE TERM METABOLIC SYNDROME (MS) IS USED TO DESCRIBE A GROUP OF METABOLIC DISORDERS: INSULIN RESISTANCE (IR) OR HYPERGLYCEMIA, ABDOMINAL OBESITY, DYSLIPIDEMIA (HIGH VERY-LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN-TRIGLYCERIDE [VLDL-TG] CONCENTRATION AND LOW PLASMA HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL [HDL-C]), AND ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION (HTN)....

BACKGROUND: CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, NO COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TO DATE HAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE THAT LOWERING CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS EXTENDS OVERALL SURVIVAL.DESIGN AND METHOD: A NUMBER OF OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDIES IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY HAS A “U”, “J”, OR “L” SHAPED RELATIONSHIP TO SERUM CHOLESTEROL.....

BACKGROUND: IN SPITE OF MAJOR ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE, A NUMBER OF PATIENTS STILL SUFFERS FROM DYSPNEA AND REDUCED FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY. N-TERMINAL PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (NT-PRO BNP) IS A PREDICTOR OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN THIS POPULATION....

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS TODAY THE LARGEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL MORTALITY. HYPERTENSION IS THE MAIN RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, PREVALENT IN BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.....

RECENT FIGURES SHOW THAT LIFE EXPECTANCY IN BIRTH HAVE INCREASE IN IRANIAN WOMEN TO 80.7 YEARS. WHILE THIS IS A GOOD NEW REGARDING BETTER LIVING STANDARDS IN IRAN, BUT ITS FORECASTS A LARGE BURDEN OF NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN FUTURE SPECIALLY CARDIOVASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES....

INTRODUCTION: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) CHARACTERIZES AN INCOMPARABLE PROPORTION OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE AND WILL CONTINUE THE LEADING CAUSE OF MORTALITY, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING OR MINIMIZING THIS PHENOMENON. MOST EARLY CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE, SO PREVENTION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE TO PROTECT FROM CVD....

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN MOST COUNTRIES IS INTRODUCED AS THEMAIN CAUSE OF MORTALITY. IN ALL SOURCES OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, IT’S CLASSIFIED AMONGEMERGENCY DISEASE.THE ASSESSMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PEOPLE ISBECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY....

INTRODUCTION: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS A GLOBAL EPIDEMIC, WHICH IS LARGELY PREVENTABLE. IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT, HOSPITALIZATION, DISABILITY AND DEATH. DISORDERS THAT SHORTEN LIFE EXPECTANCY INCLUDE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND ISCHEMIA, HEART FAILURE, STROKE, RENAL FAILURE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, SUDDEN DEATH AND DEMENTIA, IN ALL OF WHICH ATHEROTHROMBOTIC DISEASE IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE.....

BACKGROUND: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CURRENTLY ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY HALF OF NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES. IT WAS SHOWN THAT ENJOYING A HANDFUL OF NUTS EVERY DAY CANSIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE RISK OF DEVELOPING HEART DISEASES AS THEY CONTAIN A VARIETY OFNUTRIENTS AND OTHER BIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONTRIBUTING IN LOWERING THE RISK OF HEARTDISEASES AND CONTROLLING THE CHOLESTEROL....

INTRODUCTION: HEART FAILURE IS A PROGRESSIVE SYNDROME WITH HIGH MORBIDITY ANDMORTALITY. DESPITE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS TO IT'S TREATMENT, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THELEADING CAUSE OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN THE WORLD REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, ORGENDER.....

BACKGROUND: HIGH-INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (HIIT) INCREASES ENERGY EXPENDITUREAND MECHANICAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THE UNCOUPLING PROTEINS AND NITRIC OXIDE HAVE A ROLEIN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THIS STUDY DETERMINED THE ALTERATIONS OF CARDIAC UCP2, UCP3 ANDENOS MRNA EXPRESSION FOLLOWING HIIT COMPARED WITH THE SEDENTARY RATS....

BACKGROUND AND AIM: DESPITE EXIST OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, EXACERBATION IS COMMON IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS THAT LEAD TO INCREASING OF DEPENDENCY IN SELF-CARE. SINCE THE PROTECTION OF PATIENT’S INDEPENDENCY NEED TO FOLLOW-UP CARE AND FAMILY AND PATIENTS EDUCATION, THUS THIS STUDY HAS BEEN PERFORMED WITH THE AIM OF INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF CONTINUUM SUPPORTIVE INTERVENTIONS AND FOLLOW-UP IN CAREGIVERS OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS ON PATIENT’S SELF-CARE BEHAVIORS AND CLINICAL PARAMETERS....

BENEFITS OF INTRACORONARY INJECTION OF AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELLS ON CARDIAC FUNCTION AND REMODELLING HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND LATE OUTCOME OF THIS MODALITY WAS DESCRIBED IN SEVERAL CLINICAL TRIALS. EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE CONGENITAL OR ACQUIRED PUMP FAILURE IS LIMITED TO A SMALL NUMBER OF CASE REPORTS....

BACKGROUND: THE ROLE HERBAL MEDICINE IS NOW WELL DOCUMENTED IN PREVENTING ANDCONTROLLING DIABETES MELLITUS. THE MAIN AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE EFFECTS OFWALNUT OIL CONSUMPTION ON LIPID PROFILES OF HYPERLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2DIABETES....

OBJECTIVE: TO ASSESS EXPLAIN AND DISCUSS OF NURSES' ROLE IN HOME BASED TEACHING.BODY: HOME HEALTH CARE IS A SYSTEM OF CARE PROVIDED BY SKILLED PRACTITIONERS TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES. HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES INCLUDE NURSING CARE; PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY; AND MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICES....

IN MANY COUNTRIES USE OF HERBS AS TRADITIONAL TREATMENTS FOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS IS A PART OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE. THESE MEDICINAL HERBS OR HERBAL MEDICINE ARE OFTEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH CHEMICAL MEDICATION.....

INTRODUCTION: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS A DISEASE OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS, WHICH IS WIDESPREAD IN SOUTH ASIA. ONE OF THE GENES RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DISEASE ISCYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE (CBS). ONE OF THE POLYMORPHISMS OF CBS GENE IS 844 INS68 BP....

HEART FAILURE (HF) IS A COMMON, LETHAL, DISABLING, AND EXPENSIVE DISORDER. ITS PREVALENCE IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS HAS REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS AND CONTINUES TO RISE. DESPITE SIGNIFICANT THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES, THE PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE (HF) REMAINS POOR, AND CURRENT THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES ARE PALLIATIVE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY DO NOT ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM OF THE LOSS OF CARDIAC TISSUE....

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: DIETARY FISH IS A RICH SOURCE OF OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS. THESE COMPOUNDS MAY HAVE PROTECTIVE EFFECT AGAINSTCARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS POSSIBLY BY MODIFYING LIPID PROFILES. CONSEQUENTLY, FISH OILSUPPLEMENTS ARE PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY TO COMPLEMENT LOW FISH INTAKE....

INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENDERS IN CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK FACTORSARE NOT WELL STUDIED AMONG PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) IN SOUTH IRANIAN....

INTRODUCTION: SLEEP IS ESSENTIAL FOR A HEALTHY HEART. INADEQUATE SLEEP IS NOT JUST UNPLEASANT; IT MAY RAISE THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE....

SEXUAL ACTIVITY MAKES UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF ANYBODY’S LIFE: IT PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING FULL PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH. THIS PART OF LIFE-STYLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISORDERS HAVE BEEN A MAIN FILED OF INTEREST OF SCIENTISTS SINCE THE ANCIENT TIMES....

BACKGROUND: CONSIDERING THE ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF LAVENDER AND ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ON BLOOD LIPID METABOLISM AND REDUCE RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE THE EFFECT OF HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXTRACT OF LAVENDER ON LIPID PROFILE IN HIGH-FAT DIET RATS...

BACKGROUND: STATIN TREATMENT CAN CAUSE ELEVATION OF LIVER AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS IN 1-3% OF THE PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA. PREVIOUS STUDIES INDICATE THAT VITAMIN E PLAYS A ROLE IN DECLINING THE INCREASED LEVELS OF LIVER ENZYMES CAUSED BY FATTY LIVER DISEASE. WE CONDUCTED THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN E ON AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS DUE TO STATIN CONSUMPTION....

INTRODUCTION: IT SEEMS THAT CARDIOLOGISTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE ROLE OF PLATELET COUNTAND SIZE IN THE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE EITHER NATIVE CORONARY ARTERY OR AFTERANGIOPLASTY. PLATELETS WITH HIGH HEMOSTATIC ACTIVITY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEPATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) AND MEAN PLATELET VOLUME (MPV)HAS BEEN PROPOSED AS AN INDICATOR OF PLATELET REACTIVITY.....

BACKGROUND AMYGDALUS SCOPARIA KERNEL (ASK) OIL IS TRADITIONALLY USED FORHYPERLIPIDEMIA. IT HAS HIGH LEVEL OF POLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS. ITS LIPID-LOWERINGEFFECT IS NOT INVESTIGATED IN ANY STUDY. THIS STUDY IS AIMED AT EVALUATING THE LIPIDLOWERING EFFECT OF ASK OIL AMONG PATIENTS WITH DYSLIPIDEMIA....

OBJECTIVE: PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS HAVE AN INCREASED RISK FOR CVD. SO, MULTIVARIABLE RISK PREDICTOR ALGORITHMS AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS DEVELOP TOASSESS CVD RISK. THE AIM OF RISK ASSESSMENT IS TO CATEGORIZE POPULATION TO STRENGTHENPREVENTIVE MEDICINE. WE HYPOTHESISED THAT MULTIVARIABLE RISK PREDICTOR ALGORITHMSALONG WITH INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS CAUSE BETTER CVD RISK ASSESSMENT IN DIABETICPATIENTS....

BACKGROUND: CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD) IS THE MOST COMMON LEADING CAUSE OFDEATH IN MOST REGIONS OF THE WORLD AND THE MOST DANGEROUS MANIFESTATIONS OFATHEROSCLEROSIS WHICH AFFECTS CORONARY ARTERIES. WHEREAS CAD CATEGORIZE AS A CHRONICINFLAMMATORY DISEASES, INFLAMMATION AND ITS INVOLVED MECHANISMS ARE UNKNOWNCLEARLY....

ATHEROSCLEROSIS AS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (CVDS) IS AMAJOR PROBLEM IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM). ATHEROSCLEROSIS IS AMULTIFACTORIAL DISEASE AND RECENTLY IS CHARACTERIZED AS A CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE.ACCUMULATING DATA HAVE SHOWN THAT INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES ARE UP-REGULATED INPATIENTS WITH CORONARY PLAQUES (CAD).....

INTRODUCTION: STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT TYPE D PERSONALITY IS MORE PREVALENT AMONG THE POPULATION OF HEART DISEASE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISABILITY ACROSS THE WORLD. THE PRESENT STUDY AIMED AT DOING A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF TYPE D PERSONALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS REFERRED TO SHAHID FAGHIHI HOSPITAL IN SHIRAZ....

BACKGROUND: CARDIAC RADIOFREQUENCY (RF) ABLATION IS USED FOR TREATING SOME TYPE OFHEART RHYTHM PROBLEMS. THE NUMBERS OF RF ABLATION PROCEDURES ARE INCREASINGRAPIDLY BECAUSE OF LOWER COMPLICATION RISKS THAN SURGERY AND HIGH SUCCESS RATE....

BACKGROUND AND AIM: METABOLIC SYNDROME IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR CORONARY ARTERYDISEASE (CAD).AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF METABOLICSYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH PREMATURE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (BEFORE 50 YEARS OF AGE)....

GLOBALLY, THERE IS A SHIFT IN MAIN CAUSES OF DEATH FROM COMMUNICABLE TO NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (CVD) ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF MORTALITY AND DISEASE BURDEN WORLDWIDE1 IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION AND ALSO IN I.R.IRAN.....

INTRODUCTION: AMONG THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH. INCREASE MEAN AGE OF THEPOPULATION, CHANGING FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERN, THE PREVALENCE OF RISK BEHAVIORS ANDRAPID GROWTH OF URBANIZATION ARE VERY IMORTANT....

VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE IS THE MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF SYNCOPE, THE RESULTS OF A SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION ON SYNCOPE OF PATIENTS REVEALED THAT 190 (41%) OF 465 PATIENTS WHO WERE REFERRED TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WERE DIAGNOSED VVS, AND THE AGE DISTRIBUTION CONFIRMED 2 PEAKS AT THE AGES OF 20 TO 29 YEARS AND OLDER THAN 70 YEARS....

EXERCISE HAS A NUMBER OF EFFECTS THAT BENEFIT THE HEART AND CIRCULATION (BLOOD FLOW THROUGHOUT THE BODY). THESE BENEFITS INCLUDE IMPROVING CHOLESTEROL AND FAT LEVELS, REDUCING INFLAMMATION IN THE ARTERIES, HELPING WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS, AND HELPING TO KEEP BLOOD VESSELS FLEXIBLE AND OPEN.....

BACKGROUND: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS A COMMON CHRONIC DISEASE NEED LONG LIFE DRUG CONSUMPTION TO CONTROL. ACCORDING TO THE BRITISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY GUIDELINE, SPIRONOLACTONE, AS AN ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST AND A POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC, COULD BE USED AS THE FOURTH LINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH RESISTANT HYPERTENSION. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF SPIRONOLACTONE AS A FIRST LINE THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION....

BACKGROUND: STUDIES SUGGEST THAT FAMILY MEMBERS OF PATIENTS IN THE ICU AND TRUENEGATIVE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE AS STRESS, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL - PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIALEXPERIENCE MEMBERS STRESS HAS INCREASED OVER TIME, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN IMPAIREDFUNCTION AND ROLE OF THE FAMILY....

IT’S TRUE: HEART DISEASE IS THE NO.1 KILLER IN WOMEN. YET, HEART DISEASE CAUSES 1 IN 3 WOMEN’S DEATHS EACH YEAR, KILLING APPROXIMATELY ONE WOMAN EVERY MINUTE.AFTER HEART ATTACK, STROKE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY AND THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR WOMEN AND MEN.90 PERCENT OF WOMEN HAVE ONE OR MORE RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING HEART DISEASE.....

MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (CVD) INCLUDE CORONARY HEART DISEASE, CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HEART FAILURE, RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AND CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. IN FAMILIES, RISK OF HEART DISEASE OFTEN RUNS AND IT IS SUGGESTING A GENETIC INFLUENCE....

BACKGROUND: DESPITE PUBLISHED GUIDELINES EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN PREVENTING READMISSIONS, THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF EDUCATING HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE (HF) ABOUT THEIR SELF-CARE REMAINS UNKNOWN...

DYSLIPIDEMIA REFERS TO A LIPID PROFILE THAT INCREASES THE RISK OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC DEVELOPMENT. GENERALLY ACCEPTED, DYSLIPIDEMIA IS A CONDITION IN WHICH LDL LEVELS ARE ELEVATED AND HDL LEVELS ARE LOW....

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES HAVE FOUND A GRADED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOTAL CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATION AND CORONARY RISK....

EVIDENCE FROM PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDIES INDICATES THAT A HIGH CONSUMPTION OF PLANT-BASED FOODS SUCH AS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, NUTS, AND WHOLE GRAINS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND STROKE....

CARDIAC REHABILITATION (CR) /SECONDARY PREVENTION PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS COMPREHENSIVE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE (CHF). EFFECTIVE CR FOR CHF INCLUDES BOTH SUPERVISED EXERCISE TRAINING AND SELF-CARE PLANNING. PROGRAMS THAT CONSIST OF EXERCISE TRAINING ALONE ARE NOT CONSIDERED CR....

OVER THE PAST 5 DECADES, CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE HAS ADVANCED THROUGH THE MELDING OF DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONCEPTS. STRATEGIES FOR PREDICTION, PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, MOLECULAR GENETICS, AND REGENERATION HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR CLINICAL RELEVANCE AND APPLICABILITY BY VARIOUS RISK PROFILING AND CLINICAL TRIAL TECHNIQUES....

BACKGROUND AND AIM: CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS BEGIN IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE. THIS STUDY AIMED AT SSESSING SERUM LIPIDS AND PREVALENCE OF DYSLIPIDEMIA IN 7-18 YEAR OLD STUDENTS OF BIRJAND....

BACKGROUND: OMENTIN IS A RECENTLY FOUND ADIPOCYTOKINE. IT HAS ANTI-INFLAMMATORYPROPERTIES AND ALSO REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CORONARY ARTEYDISEASE (CAD). HERE WE AIMED TO INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION OF OMENTIN VAL109ASPPOLYMORPHISM WITH CAD.....

BACK GROUND: THE PRESENT STUDY WAS LAUNCHED WITH THE AIM OF FOLLOWING UP THE FATE OFWOMEN WITH MECHANICAL HEART VALVE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED PREGNANCY.METHODS: THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF PREVIOUSLY REPORTED 44 PATIENTS WITH MECHANICALVALVE, WITH 49 PREGNANCIES DURING PAST DECADES WERE ADDRESSED AFTER TEN YEARS....