introduction: hearing impairment is the most frequent sensorial congenital defect in newborns and has increased to 2–4 cases per 1,000 live births. sensory-neural hearing loss (snhl) accounts for more than 90% of all hearing loss. this disorder is associated with other congenital disorders such as renal, skeletal, ocular, and cardiac disorders. given that congenital heart diseases are life-thre...

Background & Aims: Major ( -thalassemia is a chronic and costly disease for health care system. Although regular transfusion reduces the disease complications, it is associated with complications of hemosiderosis. This study was performed to determine ( – thalassemia complications in patients referred to Kerman center for special diseases regardless of their age. Methods: This cross-sectional s...

Cardiovascular diseases are the main death causes in modern world. Heart failure (HF) is terminal stage of most cardiovascular diseases. The prevalence HF increasing patients older age groups. At same time, number geriatric syndromes increases with age, one which malnutrition. Recent studies demonstrate mutually aggravating effect heart and malnutrition, that correction malnutrition can improve...

reactive oxygen species (ros) are generated by normal metabolic processes or from exogenous insults and chemical agents. they are capable of damaging essential biomolecules and accelerating cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. in the present study, the antioxidant role of terminalia chebula aqueous extract was evaluated against age-related oxidative stress in heart ti...

BackgroundCongenital heart diseases (CHD) are the most common congenital anomaly in children and also the leading cause of mortality from congenital anomalies. Various factors including smoking, drinking alcohol and addiction play role in development of congenital heart diseases. This study was conducted with the aim of investigation of the prevalence of addiction in parents of children with co...

statement of the problem periodontitis is a common infectious disease that can be affected by different factors.periodontal conditions can be influenced by systemic diseases and they also can act as risk factors for some systemic diseases. several studies have been carried out on the relationship between cardiovascular disease and periodontal disease. purpose the purpose of our study was to eva...

recurrent syncope of obscure etiology, particularly in those with structural heart diseases, is associated with higher mortality rates. there are insufficient and conflicting data on prevalence and etiology of syncope in the urban middle eastern population. evaluating the etiologic basis of syncope can be an effective step in prevention of morbidities and sudden cardiac death in susceptible pop...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the biggest cause of death worldwide. More people die annually from cardiovascular then any other diseases. Autopsies have been diagnostic tool to establish & missed diagnosis, if any, in instances where there no clinically identified heart problems. 1 The current study is aimed morphological histopathological changes heart, coronaries aorta which contributed ...