coronary  atherosclerotic  disease  is  one  of  the  most  endangering  health  disorder worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the correlation between hla-drβ1 alleles and circulating th1/th2 type cytokines in coronary atherosclerosis. by elisa, th1/th2 type cytokines were determined in serum samples of 31 subjects with unstable angina, 27 subjects with chronic stable angina and 24...

introduction:patients with the coronary slow flow phenomenon (scf) frequently experience angina episodes. the purpose of this study was to determine efficacy of nicorandil in myocardial perfusion in patients with scf. methods: twenty patients (50.85 ± 12.96 y) with scf were studied.  we evaluate coronary slow flow according to protracted thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (timi) frame count....

Florian Mintert,1, 2, 3 Ana Maria Rey,3 Indubala I. Satija,4, 5 and Charles W. Clark6 1 Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA 2 Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, Freiburg, Germany 3 Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02...

background: the purpose of this research was to determine the relation between negative or positive qualitative troponin i test and the short term prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms. methods: we assessed the qualitative rapid troponin i in patients with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms after at least 4 hours and then we...

Ludwig's angina was first detailed by the German surgeon Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig in 1836. We present a case which needed awake fibreoptic intubation due to severe trismus and a prolonged period intubated in the Intensive Care Unit after incision and drainage of neck spaces and removal of his lower wisdom teeth. He was finally discharged a week after admission and followed up in the outpati...

assessment of the efficacy of propranolol and diltiazem on the intensity, duration and periods of pain in the angina patients referred to the heart clinic of the shahrekored university of medical sciences khaledi a1, elahei n2,moradi m3, salehi sh4* received: 7 sep , 2013 accepted: 16 nov , 2013 abstract background & aims: ischemic heart disease is one of the most common, chronic and deadly dis...