The de-novo formation of vessels (angiogenesis) and the remodelling of preexisting collateral vessels (arteriogenesis) are processes that occur naturally in ischemic heart disease. Promoting these processes by administration of various substances or other physical stimuli (therapeutic angiogenesis) may provide a future strategy for the treatment of ischemic vascular diseases. Mechanisms of angi...

background: cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis (ssc) is more prevalent than previously thought. in this study, the frequency and severity of cardiovascular involvement were assessed in ssc patients referred to firouzgar hospital. methods: fifty-eight patients with ssc, selected from the data bank of ssc patients, were reviewed for the frequency and severity of 8 organ involvements in thi...

backgroung and objectives: the relationship between optimistic view in life and health variables has been confirmed in many studies. in the majority of researches, the relationship was studied in non-clinical populations. given the few researches in clinical groups, this study was carried out aiming at evaluating the correlation between the optimistic views and general health in a group of card...

background oral cleft is the most common orofacial congenital anomaly among live births. this anomaly at birth is one of the main causes of children disability and mortality.  congenital heart disease (chd) is one of the most common anomalies in oral clefts.  this study aimed to assess the incidence of congenital heart diseases anomalies in newborns with oral clefts. materials and methods this ...

OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in women and men in Brazil, but the trends for the death ratios for ischemic heart disease and stroke in women and men remain unknown. METHOD In this study, the trends for the death ratios among women and men who were over 30 years of age were analyzed from 1980 to 2005. Data were collected for both the Brazilian population and the...

INTRODUCTION Risk factors (RF) in pediatric stroke differ from those of adults, and they include a wide range of diseases such as heart disease, infections, leukemias, and inborn errors of metabolism. OBJECTIVES To describe RF for ischemic stroke in a pediatric population, and to examine the relationship of RF with age, sex and type of stroke. PATIENTS AND METHODS An analysis was made of da...

Introduction: Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) protects skeletal muscles from ischemia-reperfusion injury and improves physical exercise performance. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether application of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) of upper limbs would affect the pulmonary function tests and the maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max). Methods: Twenty healthy trained...

Background: Stroke having two major types, is a clinical presentation which presents loss of brain function; risk factors & complications may vary and ultimately can lead to death Objective: To determine stroke outcome its association with complications. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study, conducted from Nov 2015 Aug 2016 at DHQ Teaching Hospital, KMU Institute Medical Sciences, K...