1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry (Firat Hormones Research Group), Medical Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey 2Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Elazig State Hospital, Elazig 4Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Bitlis Eren University, Bitlis, Turkey 5Department of Biological ...

BACKGROUND The Swedish quality improvement initiative Quality Improvement in Coronary Care previously demonstrated significant improvements in caregiver adherence to national guidelines for acute myocardial infarction. The associated impact on 1-year clinical outcome is presented here. METHODS AND RESULTS During the baseline period July 2001 to June 2002, 6878 consecutive acute myocardial inf...

The data from 11,040 patients of the European Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (EuroCMR) registry pilot phase offer the first documentation of the clinical use of CMR in a routine setting. The pilot data show that CMR is frequently performed in clinical practice, is a safe procedure with excellent image quality, and has a strong impact on patient management. In the future, the EuroCMR registry...

s m e p g m ( n f ( i t t f C c c s w m D w b t D p D D i ( 3 e s s n s p p r Dobutamine stress magnetic resonance (DSMR) is a well-established technique that is able to provide accurate detection of the contractile reserve in asynergic ischemic segments at low-dose dobutamine, and the assessment of reversible myocardial ischemia at high doses (1–3). The accuracy of the technique is due to the ...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Elevated EFV has been recently reported to be prevalent and a possible contributor higher cardiovascular morbidity mortality, particularly in the presence elevated CACS. Purpose To assess whether CACS significant effects on cardiac electrical activity as evidenced by 12-lead ECG abnormalities, addition triggering inflam...

Fulvio A. Scorza, Ricardo M. Arida, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Maurı́cio Rocha e Silva I Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Disciplina de Neurologia Experimental, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. II Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. III Hospital das Clı́nicas da Faculdade de Medi...

In the year 1959-60 a team from the Medical Research Council's Pneumoconiosis Research Unit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Jamaica, undertook a chest X-ray survey of a rural population in Jamaica with the primary objective of determining the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (Miall and Rerrie, 1961). During the reading of the 70 mm. films, we were struck by the high prevalenc...

Heart Failure (HF) is a common syndrome with multiple causes. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a medical imaging technique with significant advantages, allowing the understanding of aetiology and pathophysiology of HF in the individual patient, permitting specific therapy to be administered and predicting prognosis. This paper discusses the diverse role of CMR in HF.

Obesity is the accumulation of abnormal or excessive fat which leads to inflammation and disturbs optimal state health an individual. development both cardiovascular diseases non-cardiovascular such as psoriasis, depression, cancer, renal etc. If level adiponectin decreased, a significant predictor mortality, associated with impaired fasting glucose, leading type-2 diabetes development, metabol...