background: management of intracranial aneurysms has made debates about the best treatment modality in recent years. the aim of this study was to compare the interventional outcomes between two groups of patients, one treated with endovascular coiling and the other treated with surgical clipping. methods: this prospective study included 48 patients with intracranial aneurysms who underwent endo...

background: studies on the prognosis of st elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) versus non-st elevation myocardial infarction (non-stemi) have shown different results. the present study was designed to compare the early outcome and left ventricular systolic function of patients with st and non-st elevation myocardial infarction. methods: the patients' information was derived from 10,065 cons...

purpose: thoracic outlet syndrome is one of the most controversial topics in clinical medicine due to its difficult assessment and management. the appropriate treatment depends on accurate and comprehensive assessment. this study aimed to review the current assessments of these patients. methods: this study was conducted by review of the articles published between 1990 and 2014. search was cond...

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures that quantify disease impact have become important measures of outcome in COPD research and treatment. The objective of this literature review was to comprehensively evaluate psychometric properties of available PRO instruments and the ability of each of them to characterize pharmaceutical treatment effects from published clinical trial evidence. Identifi...

BACKGROUND Two Phase III randomized controlled clinical trials were conducted to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of weekly subcutaneous administration of efalizumab for the treatment of psoriasis. Patient reported measures of psoriasis-related functionality and health-related quality of life and of psoriasis-related symptom assessments were included as part of the trials. OBJECT...

endometrial stromal sarcomas (ess) are the second most common uterine sarcomas. endometrial stromal sarcomas account for 0.25% of all uterine malignancies. uterine sarcomas most often affect postmenopausal women. the aim of this retrospective study was to review the experience in the treatment and clinical outcome of low grade malignant endometrial stromal sarcoma. seventeen patients with histo...

background and objectives: angiography remains as the gold standard for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the aim of this study was to assess the quality of angiography services in shahid madani hospital, tabriz, iran.   methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in shahid madani hospital. a sample of 203 cvd patients who had received angiography services was surveyed....