Short-term and long-term clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention on saphenous vein grafts.

Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of 16% of deaths globally. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are the main treatment options. Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) remain the most frequently used conduits for CABG.

Is there any association between contrast-induced nephropathy and serum uric acid levels?

During the recent years, several studies have investigated that hyperuricemia is associated with greater incidence of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN). Most of them are in acute conditions like primary percutaneous coronary interventions. This study aimed to assess the relationship between high serum uric acid and incidence of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing elective angiography and angioplasty.

Clinical, Laboratory, and Procedural Predictors of No-Reflow in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

No-reflow is a major challenging issue in the management of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). This study aimed to investigate the clinical, laboratory, and procedural predictors of no-reflow. This study was conducted on 378 patients with STEMI admitted to Dr.

The factors related to hospitalization period in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated after primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: Decreasing the hospital length of stay (LOS) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is an issue which is related to reducing hospital costs. This study was aimed to determine the average number of hospital LOS among patients with STEMI treated by PPCI and predictors of longer LOS.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 561 patients with STEMI who referred to Heshmat Hospital, Rasht, north of Iran, within 2015-2018.

Relationship between Pulmonary Function Tests and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine relationship between the parameters of pulmonary function and the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in chronic obstructive lung disease patients.

Materials And Methods: Four hundred and twenty four patients with ischemic heart diseases who underwent coronary angiography were studied. The demographic characteristics and medical history of the patients were obtained from their medical records.

Investigation of short-term prognosis of fragmented QRS complexes in patients with acute myocardial infarction in two groups that received invasive and fibrinolytic therapy.

Background: Studies have shown that the primary causes of death in patients with acute coronary syndrome are arrhythmias and heart failure. The aim of this study is to evaluate the short-term prognosis of fragmented QRS (f-QRS) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods: This study was a prospective and longitudinal analytic study performed on all patients with acute MI admitted to Rasht Heshmat Hospital Emergency during 2018-2019.

CHA2DS2-VASc Score Predict No-Reflow Phenomenon in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

No-reflow is one of the major complications of primary PCI in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. This phenomenon is associated with adverse outcomes in these patients. In the current study, we evaluated the effectiveness of CHA2DS2-VASc score in predicting no-reflow phenomenon.

Effect of multimorbidity on quality of life in adult with cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of present study was to describe the effect of multimorbidity on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: A cross-sectional study with a simple sampling method of 296 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in a referral hospital of the northern part of Iran was conducted between April, 2015 and September, 2016. Multimorbidity was defined as the presence of at least two chronic diseases based on self-reporting and medical records.

The role of the fragmented QRS complexes on a routine 12-lead ECG in predicting non-responsiveness to cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Objective: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is introduced as a promising therapeutic option in heart failure (HF) patients with ventricular dyssynchrony.The challenge, however, is identifying the patients who are suitable candidates for this procedure. Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is associated with subendocardial fibrosis and myocardial scars.

Corrected QT-interval and dispersion after revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft surgery in chronic ischemia.

Introduction: Electrocardiography parameters can predict cardiac events in ischemia. QT-interval parameters are potentially proposed as available non-invasive markers for assessing the ventricular homogeneity and electrical instability. Prolonged QT-interval (QTI) and QT dispersion (QTd) are predictors of poor prognosis and fatal arrhythmias.

Different obesity phenotypes, and incident cardiovascular disease and mortality events in elderly Iranians: Tehran lipid and glucose study.

Aim: To determine the impact of body mass index and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality events in an elderly Tehranian population.

Methods: A population-based cohort of 1199 participants aged ≥65 years were followed for a mean of 9.74 years.

Factors influencing pre-hospital delay among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Iran.

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of morbidity and disability among Iranian population. Pre-hospital delay is an important cause of increasing early and also late mortality in AMI. Thus the aim of the present study was to identify the factors influencing pre-hospital delay among patients with AMI in Iran.

Effect of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on ejection fraction in coronary artery disease patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Exercise training as a part of cardiac rehabilitation aims to restore patient with heart disease to health. However, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is clinically used as a predictor of long-term prognosis in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients, there is a scarcity of data on the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on LVEF.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on LVEF in early post-event CAD patients.