Aims and Background: One of the problems that patients with coronary artery bypass surgery encounter is pain that can have undesirable consequences. This research aims to investigate the effects of foot reflexology massage on pain in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Materials and methods: This clinical trial was performed on 52 patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. D...

Background and Aim: Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity around the world and because of insidious and chronic progression of arterioscleroses and coronary artery disease (CAD) and also correlation between peripheral arterial disease and CAD we evaluated ankle brachial index (ABI) as a predictive factor for early diagnosis of CAD. Materials and Methods: Ev...

Background and purpose: Understanding of the risk factors for cardiovascular artery disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide, can lead to essential changes in its etiology, prevalence, and treatment. The aim of this study was to compare the results of logistic regression model and Classification and Regression Tree Analysis (CART) in determining the prognostic factors for coronary...

Introduction: Myocardial bridging is a congenital condition in which a segment of a major epicardial coronary artery has an intra myocardial route. Myocardial bridging is usually confined to a single vessel and is typically the mid segment of the left anterior descending artery. Bridging may be associated with chest pain, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death, or usually asymptomati...

AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of group life skills training (anger management, assertiveness and relaxation) on decreasing of anxiety and depression among heart patients, after coronary artery bypass surgery. Method: In this experimental design, 40 coronary heart patients aged 35-65 years, having bypass for the first time, were selected randomly ...