Background Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular defect that occurs in approximately 1/300 000 live births or 0.5% of children with congenital heart disease. There are two types of ALCAPA syndrome: the infant type and the adult type. The most infants experience myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, and approximately 9...

background: the smokers who use supportive programs have a greater chance to quit smoking. smoking cessation recommendation is one of the most important prevention and treatment methods mentioned in care guidelines provided for patients with acute coronary syndrome. aim: the main objective of this study is to determine the effects of training-counseling programs on smoking cessation in patients...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is considered as an important risk factor for advanced coronary artery disease. This condition can increase the mortality and morbidity in the patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The aim of the study was compared mortality and morbidity after off Pump- CABG surgery between patients with and without the Metabolic syndrome. Materi...

guillain-barre syndrome is a neurologic disorder that may appear after infection or major surgery.  guillian-barre syndrome following cardiac surgery is rare and only based on case reports, and we review all of the published cases. a 52-year-old man after 5 months suffering from chest pain was referred to our hospital and underwent coronary artery bypass graft for 3 vessel disease. the patient ...

abstract background: acute coronary syndrome is the most common disease in the world. several studies suggest that hyperglycemia is associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of insulin infusion protocol and conventional therapy on the blood glucose level and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients wi...

background: the purpose of this research was to determine the relation between negative or positive qualitative troponin i test and the short term prognosis of patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms. methods: we assessed the qualitative rapid troponin i in patients with chest pain or angina equivalent symptoms after at least 4 hours and then we...

kawasaki disease is believed to be the commonest vasculitis of medium vessels in asian children. however, the majority of children with kawasaki disease continue to remain undiagnosed perhaps because of the lack of awareness amongst pediatricians. the clinical features of kawasaki disease can be confused with other common conditions such as scarlet fever, stevens johnson syndrome, measles fever...

conclusion primary and secondary prevention of cad including life style modifications and dietary interventions strongly recommended in iranian population. results the prevalence of cad, coronary risk factors and metabolic syndrome in iran is higher than western countries and similar to some middle east countries. there are limited data with regard to novel coronary risk factors in iran. method...