MENTAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH HEART DISEASE.

Is Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction Associated With with Coronary Heart Disease?

Introduction: Previous cohort studies reported contradictory data on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and coronary heart disease (CHD). Regarding this, the present study was conducted to illuminate this relationship. Materials and Methods: For the purpose of the study, 3,066 participants employed in a study conducted by Azizi et al. aged ≥ 20 years were subjected to thyro...

Quality of life and baseline characteristics associated with depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease

We sought to examine factors associated with depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease. Data from 197 patients admitted for coronary artery disease were examined using multivariate predictive models. Women and unmarried patients were more likely to report depressive symptoms. In multivariate models, we observed that depressive symptoms were associated with the level of tangible soci...

Angina symptoms are associated with mortality in older women with ischemic heart disease.

BACKGROUND Angina symptoms have been reported to predict mortality in men. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between angina symptoms and mortality in women. METHODS AND RESULTS In 2004, 873 older participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health with self-reported ischemic heart disease participated in a nested substudy. Women were 77 to 83 years of ag...

Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease with Rare Demonstrations Associated with Lupus Erythematosus without Obvious Clinical Symptoms: A Case Report

Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease (KFD), also known as necrotic histiocystic lymphadenitis, is a condition with unknown etiology. Probably, infectious, viral, and also autoimmune etiologies, especially lupus erythematosus, contribute to this disorder. The common signs are lymphadenopathy along with fever and leukopenia. Our case was a13-year-old boy with fever of unknown origin. He underwent ordinary fe...

The Mental Symptoms of Brain Disease