Anemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time for Intervention Studies

Anemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Time for Intervention Studies

O riginally characterized as “globules of his blood” in 1675 by the Dutch microscopist van Leeuwenhoek, the crucial role of erythrocytes, or red blood cells, in regulating normal human physiology was not appreciated until centuries later. In contemporary medical taxonomy, the construct of anemia equates to a reduction in red blood cell mass and the diagnosis is established using convenient sex-...

Dynamic changes in purine catabolism in patients with acute coronary syndrome that underwent percutaneous coronary intervention

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are global problems. They are causes of death in about 43% of people worldwide and may become the most widespread reason of death by 2020. The prognosis is directly dependent to immediate diagnosis and on time treatment. Introduction of new biochemical markers as the early diagnosis of complications after coronary revascularization is very important in this p...

Current practice of percutaneous coronary intervention on patients with acute coronary syndrome in Iran: A prospective observational study

Background: Frequent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) procedures are being performed on a daily basis in Iran. However, no study has been reported on the current PCI practice in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Iran. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment patterns in Iranian ACS patients treated with PCI.    Methods: Between February 2017 and July...

Atypical Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome and Their Predictors

Sex Differences and Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine symptoms of acute coronary syndrom (ACS) with resect to sex differences. Methods: This comparative cross-sectional study was performed on patients older than 20 years with ACS who were hospitalized at cardiac wards. Sampling was performed through stratified sampling on the basis of sex. Five hundred male and female patients me...