Use of Adolescent "Community Researchers" to Address Obesity Among Mexican Immigrant Families.

Mexican-American immigrants have a disparate prevalence of overweight/obesity, and obesogenic illness. One approach is to train immigrant adolescents as "community researchers." (1) Design a program to train community researchers to address obesity among Mexican immigrant families and (2) identify the key components of a successful program.

Time to think beyond door to balloon time: significance of total ischemic time in STEMI.

Background: Significance of total ischemic time (TIT) in the context of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is still controversial. Therefore, in this study, we have evaluate the association of TIT with immediate outcomes in STEMI patients in whom recommended door to balloon (DTB) time of less than 90 min was achieved.

Results: A total of 5730 patients were included in this study, out of which 80.

Differences in Angiographic Profile and Immediate Outcome of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Otherwise Risk-Free Young Male Smokers.

Introduction Cigarette smoking is a well-established risk factor for the development and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) and it is strongly related to cardiac morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the angiographic profile and immediate clinical outcomes in young male smokers and non-smokers without any other cardiac risk factors presented with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods This study includes young (≤40 years) male patients presented without cardiac risk factors other than smoking.

Impact of Temperature Variation on Acute Myocardial Infarction in Karachi, Pakistan.

Introduction Environmental triggers of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have gained mounting evidence from various geographies of the world. However, due to geographic variations in seasonal temperature and other metrological parameters, it is difficult to generalize the findings in one population to another population with different climatic conditions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between meteorological parameters and the number of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures for AMI at a tertiary care cardiac hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.