background : the short form health survey (sf-36) and who quality of life-bref (whoqol-bref) questionnaires are two common tools to assess changes in quality of life (qol) over the course of treatment, especially in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). however, the value of these two instruments among cad patients has not been studied and compared. the objective of the present study was...

background: the study of the association between genotype and phenotype is of great importance for the prediction of many diseases and pathophysiological conditions. the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) gene insertion/ deletion (i/d) polymorphism and pathological processes such as coronary artery disease (cad) has been investigated previously with discordant results. thi...

introduction: kawasaki syndrome is an acute febrile vasculitis with multiorgan involvment in children. the objective of this study was assessment of demographic, clinical and laboratory data of kawasaki patients in yazd. methods: in a descriptive-analytic study, the hospital records of patients treated for kawasaki disease in all hospitals with pediatric wards between march 1996 and march 2006 ...

in the united states, 40 – 50% of the men and women 50 years of age or older regularly use multivitamin/mineral (mvm) supplements, making the annual sales of these supplements over $11 billion. however, the question remains whether using mvm supplements is beneficial to health. this article reviews the results of randomized studies of mvm supplements and individual vitamins/mineral supplements ...

objectives: cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in united states and many parts of the world. this study aimed to evaluate the risk factors of coronary artery disease in residents and non-residents of elderly care homes in tehran. methods & materials: in this descriptive study, about 382 elderly with above 65 years of age participated, from whom 191 were non-resident and 191 we...

background there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) in iran. objectives the present study aimed to investigate the relationship of anxiety, depression, diabetes and coronary artery disease among patients undergoing angiography in ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted between september 2011 and august 2012...

conclusions the results indicated that the patients’ lifestyles were unhealthy overall. however, tendency towards healthy behaviors was different between men and women. therefore, it is important and necessary to emphasize gender differences in prevention and health promotion programs. background coronary artery disease (cad) is one of the major causes of death and disability all over the world...

background: atrial fibrillation (af) after coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) is a common complication with potentially higher risk of adverse outcome and prolonged hospital stay. objective: to determine the impact of postoperative af (poaf) on long-term outcome in a large cohort of patients who underwent cabg. patients and methods: we conducted an observational cohort study of 989 patients wh...

conclusions these findings suggested mes might be an important risk factor for chd, but not for mortality due to chd in patients on hd. objectives we examined the association between mes and its risk in terms of chd in patients on hemodialysis (hd). patients and methods this study was conducted on 300 patients on hd in six hd centers during march 2012. patients were divided in two groups regard...