introduction: despite advances in cardiac surgery, many patients might still encounter some post-surgical complications and difficulties. to overcome such difficulties, they should receive the required education. in view of the fact that determining the educational needs is the first step in educational planning, the present study aims to determine the educational needs of patients undergoing h...

Background: Heart valve disease gradually increases the pressure in the heart chambers and impairs heart pumping. It influences on quality of life due to low output, disability, fear, amnesia, anxiety, and depression. Although most of signs and symptoms in patients with heart valve diseases may significantly decrease after valve replacement surgery, there is limited information about the impact...

introduction: rheumatic heart disease still remains one of the leading causes of congestive heart failure and death owing to valvular pathologies, in developing countries. valve replacement still remains the treatment of choice in such patients.the aim of this study wasto analyze the postoperative outcome of  double valve replacement (mitral and aortic ) in patients of rheumatic heart disease. ...

the patient was a 19 year-old woman with the diagnosis of resistant hypertension, although she was under treatment of three classes of anti-hypertensive drugs (beta blocker, angiotensin receptor blocker, diuretic) for more than one year. in physical examination there was only a significant difference between the systolic blood pressure of upper and lower extremities (200 vs. 120 mmhg), without ...

Introduction: Rheumatic heart disease still remains one of the leading causes of congestive heart failure and death owing to valvular pathologies, in developing countries. Valve replacement still remains the treatment of choice in such patients.The aim of this study wasto analyze the postoperative outcome of  double valve replacement (Mitral and Aortic ) in patients of rheumatic heart disease. ...

proper education and notification of patients undergoing heart valve replacement is of paramount importance. the past decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of modern, advanced technologies in medicine and patient education. this study aimed to introduce an education-notification application for patients undergoing heart valve replacement. research was carried out in two phases of s...

Proper education and notification of patients undergoing heart valve replacement is of paramount importance. The past decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of modern, advanced technologies in medicine and patient education. This study aimed to introduce an education-notification application for patients undergoing heart valve replacement. Research was carried out in two phases of s...