BACKGROUND Although aortic dissection is a rare disease, it causes high level of mortality. If ascending aorta gets involved in this disease, it is known as type A. According to small number of studies about this disease in Iran, this study conducted to detect the factors related to acute aortic dissection type A, its surgery consequences and the factors affecting them. MATERIALS AND METHODS ...

Background Chest tubes are used in every case of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to evacuate shed blood from around the heart and lungs. This study was designed to assess the effective of Jackson-Pratt drain in compare with conventional chest drains after CABG. Materials and Methods This was a randomized controlled trial that conducted on 218 patients in Chamran hospital from February ...

BACKGROUND Lack of knowledge, attitude and practice are some of the barriers of having a healthy lifestyle and controlling high blood pressure. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle modification program on knowledge, attitude and practice of hypertensive patients with angioplasty. METHODS This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted from November to...

BACKGROUND Different modes of mechanical ventilation are used for respiratory support after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). This study aimed to compare the effect(s) of using adaptive support ventilation (ASV) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) on the length of mechanical ventilation (intubation duration) and hospital stay after coronary artery bypass graft surgery....

BACKGROUND Considering that determining the effect of both contrast dye injection and balloon inflation on electrophysiological parameters would help us to predict the ischemic event during PTCA, the aim of this study was to determine the effects of these factors on QTc and QTc dispersion during PTCA in Isfahan. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, consecutive patients undergoing elective P...

Introduction: Prenatal diagnosis plays an important role in determining the health of fetus, which is why rapid diagnostic tests are so important. One of these quick diagnostic tests is quantitative fluorescent-polymerase chain (QFPCR) technique. This technique employed to detect chromosomal aneuploidies (13, 18, 21, X and Y). In this method, there is no need for cell culturing. QFPCR is rapid,...

in order to investigate the effects of plant growth promoting bacteria on growth characteristic of wheat, an experiment was conducted at the research greenhouse, faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, in year 2009. a completely randomized design based on factorial arrangement (3×6) with three replications was used. the first factor consisted of three cultivars of wheat (c...

introduction: this study aimed to measure the changes in oral health-related quality of life of the patients, referred to shahid chamran hospital in shiraz before and after the orthognathic surgery. methods: this prospective study was performed using the 14-item oral health impact profile (ohip-14) questionnaire. the questionnaires were given both before and four months after the orthognathic s...

aim and background: alexithymia is a psychological construct that is prevalent in a wide range of psychiatric and medical disorders. because of its importance in mental and physical health, many surveys today assess the different aspects of alexithymia in clinical and nonclinical populations. the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of alexithymia and compare male and fema...