the relationship between congenital heart disease (chd) and growth retardation is well documented. we investigated the growth condition of iranian children with several types of congenital heart disease (chd) and compared it with worldwide researches. growth condition was investigated in 469 patients with important chd aged from 1 month to 18 years. the patients were divided into two groups; in...

although sport-physiologists have repeatedly analyzed respiratory gases through exercise, it is relatively new in the cardiovascular field and is obviously more acceptable than standard exercise test, which gives only information about the existence or absence of cardiovascular diseases (cvds). through the new method of exercise test, parameters including aerobic and anaerobic are checked and m...

the purpose of the work presented here was to investigate endotheliumdependent relaxations in the rabbit coronary ligation model of heart failure. we investigated endothelium-dependent relaxations at the level of larger vessels (thoracic aorta and vena cava left renal artery and left renal vein lateral saphenous artery and lateral saphenous vein and finally central ear artery and marginal ear v...

conclusions these findings suggested mes might be an important risk factor for chd, but not for mortality due to chd in patients on hd. objectives we examined the association between mes and its risk in terms of chd in patients on hemodialysis (hd). patients and methods this study was conducted on 300 patients on hd in six hd centers during march 2012. patients were divided in two groups regard...

Background & aim: Congenital heart disease is one of the most common malformations at birth that require timely recognition and treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and etiology of detected heart murmurs and association between congenital heart disease and heart murmurs. Recognition of murmurs etiology would help us to manage and treat them properly. Methods: In this...

the prospect of surgery can be frightening and more extensive surgery is included more anxious . knowledge of how to surgery reduces anxiety. hence,our goals are as follows :   what conditions can cause heart surgery? the majority of adults who should be considered for cardiac surgery , suffer from the disease of the heart valves or coronary artery disease or both.also, a few of them have conge...

herein, we report a patient with arterio-venous fistula secondary to mycotic aneurysm, causing high output heart failure. the patient had one-year history of refractory heart failure and recurrent pulmonary edema. this presentation is a good example of curative surgically treatable cause of high-output congestive heart failure. iran j med sci 2005; 30(1): 41-44.   keywords ● arterio-venous fist...

background: cardiovascular disease (cvd) is one of the leading causes of death in the world. one of its most insidious forms is coronary heart disease (chd) which decreases patient's quality of life. research indicates that psychological factors are interrelated with coronary heart disease patients' quality of life. in the present study, the role of type d personality and emotional intelligence...