introduction: hot flashes (hf) and night sweats (ns) are due to vasomotor instability and could be recognized as cardiovascular risk markers. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relationship between vasomotor instability and severity of coronary artery disease (cad) in postmenopausal women.  materials and methods: this observational cross sectional study, was performed in chamran hospit...

conclusions according to the results of the study, abdominal obesity is as a risk factor for atherosclerosis. therefore, the use of a simple, low cost and high precision method for determining visceral obesity and preventing the cad is warranted. background despite efforts made by the medical community and public health officials for combating 76 obesity, the prevalence of overweight and obesit...

the major complication of kawasaki disease is coronary artery dilatation and aneurysm. it occurs in approximately 15-25% of untreated children with kawasaki disease. early diagnosis and treatment with intravenous immune globulin (ivig) and aspirin (asa) can reduce the incidence of coronary artery abnormality to 2%-5%. we report one case of atypical kawasaki disease with multiple giant coronary ...

conclusions in the chinese han population that we studied, nafld patients who carry the tnf-α-238 ga polymorphism have an increased risk of developing cad. mechanisms underlying this potentially important association require further investigation. background cardiovascular events account for the main cause of death in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), and are largely infl...

background according to the increase of patients with coronary artery disease, paying more attention to the quality of life seems to be important. one of the factors affecting the quality of life is spiritual health. spiritual health as one of the main aspects of health is usually ignored. objectives the current study was performed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and qual...

background and objectives: cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in developed countries. in addition to traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, nowadays, accumulating evidence indicates that a variety of infections contribute to pathogenesis of atherosclerosis,  (we investigated whether helicobacter pylori infection is related to prevalence of coronary heart dise...

background coronary artery diseases (cad) are associated with psychological problems such as anxiety and depression in patients. thus, management of these problems can consider as an important intervention by health care workers, especially nurses. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of patient-focused clinical pathway on anxiety, depression and satisfactio...