Abstract Background: Sizeable proportion of patients have discordant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and non-high density (NHDL-C). It has been shown that discordance LDL-C NHDL-C either underestimates or overestimates coronary risk. Objective: We assessed whether this an impact on GRACE TIMI risk scores in with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: retrospectively evaluated t...

The human body size varies significantly around the world, both between and within populations. Likewise, ethnic diversity has a significant effect on anthropometric data differences for Naulu, Tana Ai, Bugis Rampasasa tribes, in Wallacea, East Indonesia. Six dimensions were collected from 484 people, 219 males 265 females age 18 to 80 years. statistical analysis included tabulating means stand...

LSD use in certain individuals may result in chronic visual hallucinations, a DSM-IV syndrome known as hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD). We studied 38 HPPD subjects with a mean of 9.7 years of persistent visual hallucinations and 33 control subjects. Measures of local and medium distance EEG spectral coherence were calculated from all subjects. Coherence, a measure of spectral...

Background: Invasive procedures could change the physiological responses of neonates. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the sound of the Holy Quran on the physiological responses and pain caused by heel stick blood sampling in neonates. Methods: This three-stage, two-group, clinical trial was conducted on 72 hospitalized term neonates at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ...

OBJECTIVE To observe the effects of local radiofrequency denervation on ventricular effective refractory periods, electrical alternans and ventricular arrhythmia susceptibility post myocardial infarction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-four mongrel dogs were randomly divided into the normal heart group (n = 16, 8 in sham and 8 in local sympathetic denervation - LSD) and the acute myocardial isc...

unstimulated whole salivary p53 was evaluated in non-involved subjects, in patients suffering from oral lichen planus (olp) and squamous cell carcinoma (scc). a total of 34 patients with olp, 24 patients suffering from oral scc and 41 non-involved participants were enrolled. the unstimulated whole saliva p53 level was assayed by elisa. data was analyzed by anova followed by the tukey post hoc t...