INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is impaired not only in ischemic heart disease, but also in cardiac diseases that may or may not course with heart failure. The aim of the present study was to determine if the severity of heart failure can influence CFR impairment. METHODS Forty patients with non-ischemic heart disease and heart failure were studied 41 times. Four group...

The various risk factors causing premature stroke and cardiovascular diseases in young adults their management are increasing problems both developed developing countries. Cardiovascular include heart conditions that involve diseased vessels, structural problems, blood clots. This is a prospective observational study which was conducted for 6 months the general medicine department of Gandhi Hos...

introduction: along with advances occurring in cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) including improved anesthesia intubation and early surgical interventions, it has become possible to correct life-threatening congenital heart anatomic abnormalities in patients. our study aimed to collect information from one of the most important centers of pediatric cardiac surgery in iran since there is limited info...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between some indicators of socioeconomic status and adult mortality due to cardiovascular diseases in Brazil. METHODS Adult deaths (aged between 35 and 64 years) due to cardiovascular diseases and subgroups of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular-hypertensive diseases were assessed during the period from 1999 to 2001. Data was obtained from the ...

Atrial fibrillation may remain undiagnosed until an ischemic stroke occurs. In this retrospective cohort study we assessed the prevalence of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack as the first manifestation of atrial fibrillation in 3,623 patients treated for their first ever stroke or transient ischemic attack during 2003-2012. Two groups were formed: patients with a history of atrial fi...

Introduction: Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is not only one of the main causes stroke, but it also most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. As a result population aging, an increase in prevalence AF and other associated chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) Diabetes Mellitus (DM), expected, contributing to higher incidence stroke. The magnitude this fact refl...