INTERHEART: nine factors that could save your life.

Could Your Pet Save Your Life?

کیفیت زندگی بیماران مبتلا به نارسایی مزمن کلیوی

Background & Aim: Recent studies suggest that patients;apos perceptions might be more important than objective clinical assessments in determining quality of life (QOL) in patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The aim of this study was to determine QOL in patients experiencing ESRD and its related factors. Methods & Materials: In this descriptive-correlational study, we recruited 202 h...

Are women's hearts different from men’s?

Globally, there is a consistent trend to show that heart attacks generally occurs a decade later in women as compared to men. While the natural tendency is to explain this difference by way of the female hormones, a large multinational study (Interheart study) showed that 90 per cent of heart attacks could be explained by risk factors and the earlier onset seen in men could be accounted for by ...

Risk Factors Associated With Myocardial Infarction in Africa

Background—Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in low-income countries. However, the impact of modifiable CVD risk factors on myocardial infarction (MI) has not been studied in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Therefore, we conducted a case-control study among patients with acute MI (AMI) in SSA to explore its association with known CVD risk factors. Methods and Results—First-time AMI patients (n 5...

Risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in Africa: the INTERHEART Africa study.

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in low-income countries. However, the impact of modifiable CVD risk factors on myocardial infarction (MI) has not been studied in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Therefore, we conducted a case-control study among patients with acute MI (AMI) in SSA to explore its association with known CVD risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS First-time AMI patients (n...