background: benzodiazepine (bzd) toxicity alone or with other drugs is common in poisoning emergency departments of iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular findings in patients with benzodiazepine poisoning upon admission to the emergency department. methods: in a prospective study which was followed by retrospective analysis, 267 patients poisoned with bzd were evaluated...

background: diabetes is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (cvd). moreover, cvd accounts for primary cause of death among diabetic patients. physicians, especially in the primary care setting, have effective role in the management of cardiovascular risk factors. therefore, we aimed to compare the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients attending t...

sulfur mustard (sm) has been used as a chemical weapon in some conflicts, and many veterans and civilians have been injured thereby. pulmonary, cutaneous, and ocular effects of sm have been frequently reported, although it seems that other organs such as the cardiovascular system are probably also affected. there are a number of studies evaluating the cardiovascular impacts of sm. however, thes...

the aim of this review is focusing on the most important safety issues in cardiovascular mri (magnetic resonance imaging) which are categorized as: 1-safety items in patients who referred for stress cardiac mr studies. 2-safety consideration that we must know when a patient with cardiovascular devices referred for any (cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular) mri with focus on new protocols accord...

introduction:  in order to assess echocardiographic left ventricular functional indices in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (dtc), after l-t4 withdrawal (short-term overt hypothyroidism) and during tsh suppressive therapy, we have evaluated cardiac hemodynamics in a single cohort study. methods: 24 patients with dtc were studied in two phases: 1: at least 4 weeks after l-t4 withdr...