10 articles in this issue
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Mahmoud Ebrahimi ,Afsoon Fazlinezhad ,Masoomeh Alvandi-Azari ,Morteza Abdar Esfahani
BACKGROUND: This study was performed to determine the size of left ventricular thrombus (LVT), risk of systemic embolization and response to medical treatment during 18 months of follow up in the patients with anterior-ST elevation myocardial infarction (... see more
Gholamreza Yousefzadeh ,Mostafa Shokoohi ,Hamid Najafipour ,Mahmood Eslami ,Farank Salehi
BACKGROUND: Along with the established effects of opium on metabolic parameters, stimulatory or inhibitory effects of opium on metabolic syndrome are also predictable. This study aimed to examine the association of opium use with metabolic syndrome and it... see more
Ali Rostami ,Mohammad Khalili ,Neda Haghighat ,Shahryar Eghtesadi ,Farzad Shidfar ,Iraj Heidari ,Soraiya Ebrahimpour-Koujan ,Maryam Eghtesadi
BACKGROUND: The aim was to examine the effects of high-cocoa polyphenol-rich chocolate on lipid profiles, weight, blood pressure, glycemic control, and inflammation in individuals with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. METHODS: Sixty individuals [32 in da... see more
Hasan Shemirani ,Elham Nayeri-Torshizi
BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a cardiac cell death following the imbalance of supply and demand. Electrocardiography (ECG) is a diagnostic test for MI and can help the clinicians to estimate the severity and size of infarction, to suggest the ... see more
Ali Pourmoghaddas ,Mehrnaz Dormiani-Tabatabaei ,Masoumeh Sadeghi ,Mohammad Kermani-Alghoraishi ,Jafar Golshahi ,Pedram Shokouh
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pioglitazone as an insulin sensitizer on circulating interleukin-10 (IL-10) as an anti-inflammatory factor and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) as main proinflammatory factor in non-diabetic metabo... see more
Morteza Arabmomeni ,Jamshid Najafian ,Morteza Abdar Esfahani ,Mohsen Samadi ,Leila Mirbagher
BACKGROUND: Few studies compared the efficacy of theophylline with N-acetylcysteine or evaluated the efficacy of combination therapy in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). We compared the efficacy of theophylline, N-acetylcysteine, and t... see more
Arsalan Khaledifar ,Mahmoud Mobasheri ,Soleiman Kheiri ,Zeinab Zamani
BACKGROUND: Hypertension (HTN) is the most prevalent non-infectious disease worldwide and can lead to mortality. This trial aimed to compare the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) on controlling blood pre... see more
Alireza Alizadeh-Ghavidel ,Hosseinali Basiri ,Ziae Totonchi ,Yalda Mirmesdagh ,Farshad Jalili-Shahandashti ,Behnam Gholizadeh
BACKGROUND: Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is defined as a reversible, sudden epicardial coronary artery stenosis that causes vessel occlusion or near occlusion. CASE REPORT: In this article, we present a clinical case of CAS in a 48-year-old woman undergoin... see more
Sayed Mohammad Hashemi ,Sayed Meisam Mokhtari ,Masoumeh Sadeghi ,Rezvan Foroozan ,Mahboobeh Safari
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with vascular endothelial dysfunction. We evaluated endothelial function in ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients with vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency before and after vitamin D therapy. METHODS: An unc... see more