Background and purpose: So far, no spatial analysis of in-hospital mortality due to myocardial infarction (MI) has been conducted in Iran. The present study was performed to determine the geographical pattern of mortality due to myocardial infarction in Iran. Materials and methods: In a prospective hospital-based study, we used the data of cases with MI registered by Myocardial Infarction Re...

Introduction & Objective: Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most important causes of mortality in human communities today. MI can disable patients, and moreover it imposes financial burden on society. Therefore, regarding to the effect of some variables in the trend of the disease, we tried to determine a 5 year survival rate for patients with MI and assess the effect of some factors o...

Introduction: Patients with Myocardial infarction suffer from impaired daily functioning and reduced quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of teach back education on self-care behaviors and quality of life in patients with myocardial infarction in 2015 in Hamadan. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 70 Patients with myocardial infarction were selected wi...

Background & Objectives: Every year around 1.5 million people in U.S get acute myocardial infarction and almost all causes of myocardial infarction are connected with atherosclerosis. The previous studies have shown that mortality rate due to coronary diseases decreases with elevation of serum albumin level. This study was conducted to investigate the association of serum albumin - protein leve...

Background: coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the most important causes of mortality around the world. The mortality rate in acute myocardial infarction is about 30%. CAD risk factors change with time and there are very few studies in this field in Iran. These changes may be due to bio-environmental conditions. In this study our objective was to track these changes during a ten years peri...

Abstract Background: According to increasing prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) and importance of detecting inflammatory markers, and also controversies in this topic, this trial was performed in Taleghani hospital to define the role of TNF-alpha in patients with myocardial infarction during 2010-2011. Materials and methods: This case-control study was done on patient with definite di...

Background and Objective: Several physical and psychological factors may decrease the quality of life in patients with myocardial infarction. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of multimedia education based on the family-centered approach and telephone follow-up (telenursing) on the quality of life of patients with myocardial infarction after discharge. Materials and Methods: This ...

Introduction: Anxiety is one of the most common psychological problems after myocardial infarction. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of simultaneous aromatherapy and Quran recitation on anxiety levels of patients with myocardial infarction hospitalized in CCU in Kashan Shahid Beheshti hospital in 2013. Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 70 patients with m...