11 articles in this issue
Mohammad Hadi Mansouri ,Hamid Sanei ,Pejman Mansouri ,Sahar Behnam-Roudsari ,Hasan Shemirani ,Reihaneh Zavar
Masoud Mirzaei ,Mohsen Mirzaei ,Somaye Gholami ,Hossein Abolhosseini
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of hypertension (HTN) varies across countries due to differences in its related risk factors. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of HTN and related risk factors among adults.METHODS: This study was conducted on the d... see more
Fereshteh Ghaffari ,Yousef Rasmi ,Mir Hossein Seyed Mohammadzad ,Shahram Seyedi ,Alireza Shirpoor ,Elmira Roshani Asl ,Ehsan Saboory
BACKGROUND: Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) has been associated with endothelial dysfunction and inflammation. We conducted a case-control study to evaluate the association between platelet? and endothelial-derived microparticles (PMPs and EMPs), as specific qua... see more
Abdolhossien Emami-Sigaroudi ,Arsalan Salari ,Azam Nourisaeed ,Zahra Ahmadnia ,Asieh Ashouri ,Seyede Shiva Modallalkar ,Arezoo Javadzadeh-Moghtader ,Shirin Parvinroo ,Heidar Dadkhah-Tirani
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have investigated the effect of lavender and damask rose aromatherapy on sleep quality. There is, however, little research to compare the impact of them over each other. The aim of current study was to compare the effect of ar... see more
Mehrdad Jafari-Fesharaki ,Azin Alizadehasl ,Kamran Mohammadi
BACKGROUND: Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is the most common cause of isolated mitral regurgitation (MR) requiring surgical repair. Therapeutic interventions should be considered before irreversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in asymptomatic patients... see more
Amin Eatemadyboroujeni ,Mehdi Kargarfard ,Hojatolah Alaei
BACKGROUND: Air pollution and long-term aerobic exercise are diversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. However, the simultaneous effect of exercise in polluted air and vitamin C on oxidative stress markers is less clear. In thi... see more
Mahmood Saeidi ,Mino Movahedi ,Parvin Bahrami ,Reza Shokrani-Foroushani ,Erfan Sheikhbahaei
BACKGROUND: The most dramatic diseases in the aorta are aortic dissection and aneurysm, which both of them are common in pregnant women with Marfan syndrome (MFS). According to recommendations in existing guidelines, pregnancy is not recommended in patien... see more
Azam Nourisaeed ,Shohreh Ghorban-Shiroudi ,Arsalan Salari
BACKGROUND: Among the cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), myocardial infraction (MI) is one of the main causes of mortality around the world. A diagnosis of MI may be followed by psychological problems, such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Therefore, psyc... see more
Sedigheh Asgary ,Rasool Soltani ,Fatemeh Daraei ,Leila Salehizadeh ,Golnaz Vaseghi ,Nizal Sarrafzadegan
BACKGROUND: Myocardial ischemia may recur in a significant subset of patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Lycopene, a carotenoid with antioxidant activity, has evidence for beneficial effects on cardiovascular system. In the presen... see more
Seyhan Yilmaz ,Isa Cam ,Sabur Zengin
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Santosh Kumar Sinha ,Puneet Aggarwal ,Mahmodullah Razi ,Awadesh K Sharma ,Umeshwar Pandey ,Vinay Krishna
BACKGROUND: Coronary angiography and intervention through transradial approach is becoming default approach because of infrequent local site complications. Although pseudoaneurysm is a well described complication for femoral access, it is extremely rare i... see more