masoumeh sadeghi cardiac rehabilitation research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran. mojgan gharipour cardiac rehabilitation research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran. pouya nezafati cardiac rehabilitation research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran. and department of cardiac surgery, student research committee, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran. davood shafie heart failure research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran. esmaeil aghababaei hypertension research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran. nizal sarrafzadegan isfahan cardiovascular research center, cardiovascular research institute, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran.