background: primary percutaneous coronary intervention (primary pci) is the method of choice in establishing reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction (ami) patients. the aim of this study was to determine the success rate of primary pci in a university medical center in iran with a view to promoting it as a first-line therapy in patients with ami, especially in centers with established cathet...

background: the prevalence of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction (lvd) referred for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is increasing. preoperative lvd is an established risk factor for early and late mortality after revascularization. the aim of the present study was to assess the early outcome of patients with severe lvd undergoing cabg. methods: between december 2012 and no...

background: cardiovascular disease (cvd) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. acute myocardial infarction (ami) represents the most dramatic presentation of cvd and is one of the most commonly seen acute medical emergencies. according to iran’s ministry of health, 966,779 people (46%) died of cvd and 575, 257 (27%) potential years of life were lost to cvd in 2000. we, ther...

background: controversy persists over the potential benefits/harms of opium consumption in coronary heart disease. this study investigated the association between 12 months' major adverse cardiac events (mace) and pre-procedural opium consumption among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). methods: retrospectively, 1545 consecutive men who underwent pci between 21 st   j...

this is a case of severely stunned left ventricle which occurred after a non-st elevation myocardial infarction in a 76-year-old woman who was a known case of three-vessel disease. her symptoms and cardiac function responded well to revascularization.

  Introduction: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is an effective method for revascularizing of stenotic coronary vessels. Lack of response to this treatment, either in symptomatic or asymptomatic patients, is usually due to incomplete revascularization, restenosis, and/or irreversibility of myocardial perfusion. Introduction of a noninvasive metho...