background & aim : family caregivers of patients with heart failure (hf) deal with a wide range of problems related to caregiving that influence their mental health. the aim of this study was to investigate the mental health status of the family caregivers of patients with hf. methods & materials : in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 90 family caregivers of patients with hf, who referred...

conclusions this study will be an important step in creating an evidence base for the relative benefits of different educational strategies for reducing readmissions. results patients correctly answered three out of four, or 75%, of self-care teach-back questions. in the intervention group, greater time spent teaching was significantly associated with correctly answered questions (p < .001). th...

Objective: Inflammation along with oxidative stress has an important role in the pathophysiology of unstable angina which leads to acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmias and eventually heart failure. Curcumin has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects and thereby, it may reduce cardiovascular complications. This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of curcumin on t...

conclusions in this study, sick sinus syndrome and pacemaker mode followed by syncope were independently associated with increased mortality. results survival data were available for 1030 (80%) patients (median age = 71 years [5th to 95th percentile range: 26 - 86 years]) and follow-up was completed for 84.28% of them. according to the results, 56% of the patients had received dual-chamber syst...

Introduction: Reduced quality of life in cardiac patients and their frequent hospitalizations in the coronary care units is regarded as a main challenge for such patients. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the effectiveness of healthy lifestyle promotion intervention on quality of life in patients with congestive heart failure via cognitive-behavioral procedure. Methods: In this randomi...