background and aims. recent reports suggest that some of the risk factors for periodontal disease are similar to those of certain systemic diseases, and that periodontal disease itself may be a risk factor for some systemic diseases. therefore, the present study investigated the association of markers of metabolic control and systemic inflammation in diabetics with the extent and severity of pe...

The residual risk in patients with atherosclerosis, despite the its controversial aspects, remains an urgent problem of modern cardiology. article presents a review publications on prevalence and significance for determining prognosis risk, which is currently interpreted as macroand microvascular complications atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) taking standard therapy, achievement op...

a survey was carried out in the summer of 1972 in east azerbaijan, northwest iran, to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular disease. ecg tracings were prepared from 198 women and 178 men aged 40-60. only 45% of the tracings were completely normal. q/qs abnormalities were found in 4.7% of tracings, left axis deviation in 4% tall r wave in 37%, st depression in 3.9% of men and 14.1% of women...

although primary chronic hypertension (htn) is increasingly common in adolescence, secondary forms of htn are more common among children. primary htn is associated with being overweight and/or a positive family history of htn. carotid intima-media thickness, a known risk factor for atherosclerosis is frequent in both adults and children with htn and other associated cardiovascular (cv) risk fac...

background: the incidence of restenosis in patients suffering from coronary artery disease after undergoing angioplasty is of paramount importance. accordingly, this study aimed to investigate factors affecting the time of the first incidence of restenosis in patients undergone angioplasty in the city of zanjan, iran.   methods: this retrospective cohort study was conducted on 421 patients who ...