during a period of four years between june, is, 1988 to june, is, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (chf) were admitted to the pediatric department of taleghani general hospital. during the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and chf was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. congenital heart disease (cho) was t...

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cardiovascular disease (cad) screening in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus is controversial. an exercise stress test is a safe and effective initial testing for ischemic heart disease (ihd) screening. treadmill stress test is not the best screening method for a particular patient who is not able to exercise, abnormal electrocardiogram (ecg) or positive exercise treadmill test (ett) ...

mitochondria play an important role in energy production for the cell. the proper function of a myocardial cell largely depends on the functional capacity of the mitochondria.  therefore it is necessary to establish a novel and reliable method for a non-invasive assessment of mitochondrial function and metabolism in humans. although originally designed for evaluating myocardial perfusion, 99mtc...

how to cite this article: alaei f. cardiac involvement in lysosomal diseases. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1): 19. pls see pdf.

background despite improvements in medical care provided during pregnancy to diabetic mothers, the cardiac complications in their infants are still more frequent than in the infants of general population. conclusions our data showed a high prevalence of chd in idms in our pediatric cardiology clinic. neither the types of maternal diabetes nor the somatic findings of newborns were related to the...

background: ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in most societies. in a pathophysiologic point of view, it chiefly results from the formation of thrombus in coronary arteries which could not be only prevented by aspirin. many of clinical trials have shown the long-term benefits of antiplatelet drugs in reducing the risk of thrombotic accidents. objectives: clopidogrel is a thie...

objectives the current study aimed to estimate the prevalence of ihd in the families of children with kd. patients and methods sixty-one children with kawasaki disease were admitted from december 21, 2004 to january 21, 2008to mofid children hospital (from one month to thirteen-year old) and 50 patients entered the study. subjects were divided into the severe (24subjects) and non-severe (26 sub...

infective endocarditis is an uncommon heart disease with a variable incidence, mostly related to the ever-increasing development of cardiac surgery and the longer survival of patients with congenital heart disease (chd). thirty-seven episodes of infective endocarditis (ie) were evaluated in 36 children (under 15 years of age) admitted to hospitals affiliated to shiraz university of medical scie...