OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of replacing dietary saturated fat with omega 6 linoleic acid, for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and death. DESIGN Evaluation of recovered data from the Sydney Diet Heart Study, a single blinded, parallel group, randomized controlled trial conducted in 1966-73; and an updated meta-analysis including these previously missing data. ...

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...

OBJECTIVE To study the association between non-fasting serum triglyceride concentrations and mortality in women from coronary and cardiovascular disease and all causes. DESIGN Follow up by ambulatory teams of men and women who underwent cardiovascular screening for a mean of 14.6 years. SETTING National health screening service in Norway. SUBJECTS 25,058 men and 24,535 women aged 35-49 ye...

BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Exercise tolerance testing has been proposed as a means of better identifying asymptomatic patients at high risk for coronary heart disease events. PURPOSE To review the evidence on the use of exercise tolerance testing to screen adults with no history of cardiovascular disease for coronary...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between trends over time in mortality and hospital morbidity caused by various cardiovascular diseases in the Netherlands. DESIGN Trend analysis by Poisson regression of national data on mortality and hospital admissions from 1975 to 1995. SUBJECTS The Dutch population. RESULTS All cardiovascular diseases combined were responsible for 39% of all deaths an...

background and objectives:  helicobacter pylori cause a chronic gastric infection, and may cause extra gastrointestinal disease. the association between h. pylori infection and serum lipid profiles is still controversial. the aim of this study was to investigate any possible relationship between h. pylori infection and lipid levels. materials and methods: the subjects were 400 volunteer referr...

background: conducted researches show that psychological factors may have a very important role in the etiology, continuity and consequences of coronary heart diseases. this study has drawn the psychological risk and protective factors and their effects in patients with coronary heart diseases (chd) in a structural model. it aims to determine the structural relations betweenpsychological risk a...