background:cardiovascular effects of acute organophosphate (op) poisoning are common. this study was aimed to assess the cardiovascular effects of op poisoned patients in nepal. methods:this was a prospective hospital-based cross-sectional study of 115 acute op poisoned patients presenting in emergency department of a tertiary care teaching hospital of central nepal during november 2008 to octo...

effects of acute hypercapnia on the cardiovascular system (cys) were studied in the anesthetized cat. after surgery the animal was exposed to a gas mixture of 12% co2 and 25% o2 in nitrogen, and hypercapnia with low levels of arterial ph (pha) was produced for 20 minutes. in the second run the same level of hypercapnia was induced by ventilating the same cat from the above gas mixture but pha w...

introduction: job stress is one of the main characteristics of modern life which is increasing and has been recognized as an important risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. the present study was conducted to determine the association between job stress at work environment and cardiovascular diseases. materials and methods: a number of 300 persons including 150 cases and 150 controls were cons...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic auto-immune disease. most therapeutic strategies for treatment of this disease direct immune modulation and control of inflammatory processes. first-line therapeutic agents showed moderate efficacy and frequent side-effects with moderate efficacy in trials. their parental administration and limited long-term adherence restrict their efficacy compared with se...

familial hypercholesterolemia (fh) is a hereditary dislipidemia. patients present with extremely high level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c), which is due to mutation in the gene of ldl receptor. homozygous patients (hofh) whose incidence is 1 in 1.000.000 are at high risk of premature aortic valve stenosis, and coronary artery atherosclerosis. in homozygous individuals cardiovasc...

background: myocardial infarctions at different locations have been related to different sets of risk factors. this study was designed to examine the association between cardiovascular risk factors and specific coronary artery calcification (cac). methods: the study population comprised 573 postmenopausal women selected from a population-based cohort study. established vascular risk factors wer...

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...

in the case of the elderly who highly depend on family, serious health problems can be caused due to the reduction of family meals. therefore, this study aims to suggest the fundamental data for management of cardiovascular disease, one of the major causes of death in elderly koreans, by investigating the effects of family meal frequency on the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in korean ...

although cardiovascular disease (cvd) is typically associated with middle- or old-age, the atherosclerotic process often initiates early in childhood and is occurring at an increasing rate. there is a consensus that changes in life-style have driven the current epidemic. adverse changes in physical activity, nutrition, and sleep behavior have been strongly linked to the development of a host of...