OBJECTIVES To assess the pharmacological treatment and the control of major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in everyday practice according to the patients' cardiovascular risk level. METHODS In a cross-sectional study general practitioners (GPs) had to identify a random sample of their patients with cardiovascular risk factors or diseases and collect essential data on the pharmacologic...

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...

objectives: this study has been carried out to assess the prevalenceof cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly people in amirshahr city. methods & materials: in this descriptive cross- sectional study, 1019 people over 60 years old in amirshahr city were assessed. amirshahr has 2000 elder people over 60 (53.5% male and 46.5% female) .data were collected using standard questionnaire included ...

background: estimating the burden of non-communicable diseases particularly cardiovascular disease (cvd) is essential for health management and policymaking. in this paper, we used a regression model to estimate the future impact of demographic changes on the burden of cvd in iran during the next two decades. methods: disability-adjusted life years (daly) were used to estimate the future burden...

objective(s)the aim of this study was to evaluate plasma levels of nitric oxide (no) and certain acute phase proteins(caeruloplasmin, transferrin, haptoglobin, c-reactive protein) in nigerian subjects after short and prolonged exercises.materials and methodsa total of 57 subjects (34 males and 23 females) between ages of 19 and 45 years participated in this study and weredivided into three grou...

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is a common disorder recognized as a major health problem in Iran. Diabetes is a major source of morbidity, mortality and economic cost to society. Diabetic patients are at risk of experiencing macrovascular and microvascular complications of diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of type 2 diabetes complications and their contributing factors. ...

Metabolic SyndroMe, Heart diSeaSeS, and Gender diSparity Clinical and experimental evidence has demonstrated that risk factors for cardi­ ovascular disease often cluster together, most notably overweight/obesity, dia­ betes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and hyper­ tension (1). Over the past several decades, the intensive clinical management to fight against cardiovascular diseases has resulted in a d...

BACKGROUND There is an ongoing discussion on the further promotion of integrated care models in many healthcare systems. Only a few data, which examine the effect of integrated care models on medical expenditures and quality of care in chronically ill patients, exist. AIMS To investigate the effect of integrated care models on disease-related hospitalisations as a quality indicator and health...

abstract         background and objective: the relationship between diabetes mellitus and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases has been demonstrated. the aim of this study was to determine the fatty acid profile of epicardial adipose tissue in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with cardiovascular disease.          methods: in this study, 28 diabetic and 40 nondiabetic patients were evalua...