Purpose: To investigate the relationship between neck circumferences and cardiovascular risk   factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome.   Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with acute coronary syndrome   in Kerman hospitals were assessed by measuring their neck circumference and risk factors of   cardiovascular disease. The data were analyzed by student t...

dobutamine stress echocardiography (dse) has been widely used as a diagnostic and prognostic modality in the management of stress. dse is associated with limited complications and adverse effects on the health of patients. in this case report, we described a 42-year-old female patient with dobutamine-induced coronary artery spasm with history of exertional dyspnea, which had deteriorated recent...

  Introduction: No-reflow phenomenon in coronary vessels, manifested in some patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction (MI), is associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes. Therefore, evaluation of predisposing risk factors can be helpful in risk assessment and identification of patients at higher risk. Herein, we aimed to study the predictive factors for the development of...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine whether noninvasive quantification of coronary calcium is comparable to selective coronary angiography in measuring the effect of cardiovascular risk factors on coronary atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT) allows the delineation of anatomic coronary atherosclerotic disease and may be useful for noninvasively defining t...

Background Infertility is the inability to conceive children after one year of unprotected intercourse. The estimated prevalence of infertility in Canada is 11.5-15.7%. Fertility problems affect approximately one in seven couples in the United Kingdom (UK). Infertility occurs in conditions in which the pregnancies end with recurrent miscarriages (ASR) or birth of a child with multiple congenita...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence, extent, severity, and features of coronary artery lesions in stable patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS Seventy-seven patients with more than 3 cardiovascular risk factors were suspected of having coronary artery disease. Patients with high-risk factors and 39 controls with no risk factors were enrolled in the study. The relate...

conclusions cardiovascular risk factors were higher in subjects with diabetes compared to subjects without diabetes. lifestyle intervention programs should be focused on community education about reduction of cvd risk factors in patients with diabetes. background cardiovascular disease (cvd) is developing treacherously along industrialization and development of urbanization objectives the aim o...