cardiovascular disease (cad) screening in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus is controversial. an exercise stress test is a safe and effective initial testing for ischemic heart disease (ihd) screening. treadmill stress test is not the best screening method for a particular patient who is not able to exercise, abnormal electrocardiogram (ecg) or positive exercise treadmill test (ett) ...

background: cardiovascular disease (cvd) is one of the leading causes of death in the world. one of its most insidious forms is coronary heart disease (chd) which decreases patient's quality of life. research indicates that psychological factors are interrelated with coronary heart disease patients' quality of life. in the present study, the role of type d personality and emotional intelligence...

study of n eck circumference in patients with coronary heart disease referring to the angiography ward of urmia taleghani hospital     karimipour m [1] *, karimnia a [2] , rostamzadeh ar [3]     received: 20 aug, 2011 accepted: 8 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : obesity is a public health problem in developing countries and is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. the aim of ...

background: cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of deaths in iran and other developing countries. the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases are divided into two categories; the variable risk factors and the non-variable risk factors. many recent studies evaluated the relationship between higher eosinophilia and allergy levels with the incidence, progress and severity of cardiov...

Background: Patients with rheumatologic diseases have higher rates of cardiovascular disease. Accelerated atherosclerosis and early coronary artery disease have become important causes of death and hospitalization in those patients which may be attributed to metabolic changes in lipids. We aimed to clarify the cardiovascular risk in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JRA), and systemi...

Abstract Objective: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have a markedly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There are some recommendations for prescription of aspirin in these patients. Our purpose was to determine aspirin usage rate in diabetic patients and to compare it in different ages and based upon cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Materials and M...

objective: oxidative stress is involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications of metabolic syndrome. the main objective of this study was to evaluate total antioxidant status by diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (dpph)-scavenging activity in patients developed metabolic syndrome (mets). materials and methods: forty-four patients with mets diagnosed on the basis of adult treat...