this is a field study to determine the learning needs of hospitalized myocardial infarction (m!) patients, about activity, exercise, diet, medications, follow-up and recurrence predisposing factors, and their relation with demographic data in these patients, when they were discharged from cardiac unit. the study population comprised 92 randomly selected mi patients (77 men,26 women) on discharg...

background: cyanide poisoning is frequently lethal, because of the early onset of severe symptoms and difficulty in the diagnosis. case: the case was a 29-year-old boy who collapsed suddenly after taking a bottle of beer in a bar. samples, such as peripheral blood, stomach contents, bile fluid, urine and mouth swabs, were prepared using standard autopsy procedure and were subjected to analysis ...

rupture of the free wall of the heart is one of the dangerous complications of myocardial infarction that usually results in death of the patient. only a few limited number of cases have been reported to have survived for a long period after myocardial infarction, free cardiac wall rupture and the following pseudo aneurysm. in this case report, a rare case of pseudo aneurysm following silent mi...

background: myocardial infarction (mi) is one of the most common and serious diseases resulting from coronary artery occlusion and major reduction in blood flow. streptokinase as a thrombolytic is considered the first and most important therapeutic intervention for reperfusion following mi in most countries including iran. our previous study showed that, the prevalence of high antibody titers a...

background: the data and determinants of mortality due to stroke in myocardial infarction (mi) patients are unknown. this study was conducted to evaluate the differences in risk factors for hospital mortality among mi patients with and without stroke history.materials and methods: this study was a retrospective, cohort study; 20,750 new patients with mi from april, 2012 to march, 2013 were foll...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) refers to ST-elevated and non ST elevation infarction, is the known presentation of coronary artery disease. Study was planned explore interplay adipokines, resistin / lipoprotein (a) prognosis in middle old age female patients with Non Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Material Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted on 150 acute (AMI). Consented were divide...

Carotid artery thrombosis and concomitant brain infarction after blunt trauma are rare conditions. We report a 34-year-old woman with multiple traumas due to pedestrian car accident. At the time of initial visiting, she was somnolent and her Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score was 14. Initial vital signs (V/S) and brain computed tomography (CT) scan were normal. One day after admission to the emerge...

myocardial infarction and tobacco smoking: risk of heart rhythm and conduction disorders e imani , msc n hajizadeh , bs z khademy , msc f naghizadeh , bsc received: 6 aug, 2009 accepted: 17 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: smoking increases risk of myocardial infarction and its complications. in addition, it increases blood pressure, heart rate and vasoconstriction. the purpose of this res...