introduction: there are significant gender differences in the epidemiology and presentation of cardiovascular diseases (cvds), physiological aspects of cvds, response to diagnostic tests or interventions, and prevalence or incidence of the associated risk factors. considering the independent influence of gender on early dire consequences of such diseases, this study was conducted to investigate...

there is a misconception among our people that opioids may prevent or have ameliorating effects in the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. in this study we evaluated 556 consecutive male patients hospitalized due to acute myocardial infarction (mi) in city of yazd, from may 2000 to october 2001 and compared the characteristics of opium addicts to non opium users. prevalence of opium addictio...