Effects of Verapamil on the Reduction of Radial Artery Thrombosis after Coronary Angiography: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: The trans-radial approach significantly reduces access bleeding and underlying vascular complications and is associated with lower health care costs than the transfemoral approach. One of the most common complications, however, is radial artery occlusion (RAO).

Methods: This study investigates the effects of verapamil on radial artery thrombosis in patients referred to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran between 2020 and 2021.

The effects of different doses of atorvastatin on serum lipid profile, glycemic control, and liver enzymes in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular accident.

Background: Despite established effects of atorvastatin on level of serum lipid profile in patients with different underlying clinical conditions, the effects of this drug on other serum biomarkers remain uncertain. We examined the effects of atorvastatin therapy on lipid profile, glycemic control, and liver enzymes in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular accident without any history or clinical evidences of diabetes, heart failure, renal failure, or hepatic disease.

Methods: In a randomized double-blinded controlled trial, 140 hospitalized patients with an ischemic cerebrovascular accident were included and randomly assigned to receive either atorvastatin 40 mg (n = 70) or atorvastatin 20 mg daily (n = 70) for 3 months.

Acute effects of smoking on QT dispersion in healthy males.

Background: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death (SCD). QT dispersion (QTD) is an important predictor of cardiac arrhythmia. The aim of this study was to assess the acute effect of smoking a single standard cigarette containing 1.

Effect of bone marrow transplantation on diastolic function indices.

Introduction: High-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation result in direct and indirect changes in cardiac function. the finding suggests a decreased left ventricular diastolic compliance after high-dose cyclophosphamide treatment, but the effects of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) on cardiac diastolic function are less studied. We aimed to evaluate changes before and after the procedure in cardiac diastolic function in patients undergoing BMT.

Correlation between anterior mitral leaflet concavity area and ischemic induced mitral regurgitation severity by echocardiography.

Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) results from left ventricular remodeling, leaflet tethering or tenting. Coronary artery disease is one of the important causes of functional MR due to tethering. Detection of functional MR and its severity are important factors in patient prognosis.

Effect of taurine supplementation on exercise capacity of patients with heart failure.

Background: Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is a semi-essential amino acid found in mammalian tissues that is not involved in protein synthesis. The function of taurine is not completely understood. Some studies have demonstrated that taurine supplementation reduces death rate in rabbits with heart failure (HF) and diminishes HF severity in human models of congestive HF.