background: dyslipidemia is considered an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease (chd). in the present study, we examined lipid profiles and paraoxonase 1 (pon1) activity and atherogenic indexes status and the relationship of pon1 activity by high-density lipoprotein (hdl) and atherogenic indexes in chd patients and healthy people. methods: the aim of the study was to compare pon1, ...

Background and Objective: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most form of cardiovascular disease in children. CHD have different presentations, from defects that progress asymptomatically to those with significant symptoms and high mortality. This study was performed to highlight the importance of signs and symptoms to diagnosis of CHD neonates. Materials & Methods: This descriptive analyt...

Background: Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are prone to malnutrition and growth retardation. This study aimed to compare growth status between children with CHD and healthy children.                Materials and Methods: This case–control study included 310 children with CHD and 300 healthy children matched in age and gender. CHD patients grouped according to cardiac diagnosis: ...

background: inflammation plays a critical role in atherogenesis. the initial step in atherosclerosis is the adhesion of leukocytes to activated endothelial cells mediated by icam-1, an inflammatory protein. several polymorphisms for intracellular adhesion molecule -1(icam-) gene have been described. objective: to determine the possible role of g241r and k469e polymorphisms in development of cor...

Background: It is becoming more and important to judge whether patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) have phlegm blood stasis syndromes in the process of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) diagnosis treatment CHD. The syndrome differentiation strategy CHD still not standardized, it particularly necessary make simpler accurate.