Background – The Framingham study on the heart is one of the first and largest studies on the identification of risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). The American Heart Association (AHA) has planned a standard ...

Background- Valvular heart disease is one of the common complications of acute rheumatic fever, which manifests its clinical complications one or two decades after the primary attack of the disease in adults. The ...

A 22- year-old male with history of aortic prosthetic valve replacement 3 months prior to admission was operated on emergently due to prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) unresponsive to medical therapy with a large mobile ...

Background- Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which is one of the most common causes of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in the world, occurs following repeated episodes of rheumatic fever (RF) recurrences. This study ...

Background- Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication of heart surgery. This unwanted sequel leads to an increased risk of thromboembolism and necessitates further often costly health care. Advanced age, previous ...

Background- By the end of 2000, more than 10,000 patients had received renal transplants in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), and this number is expected to increase yearly. Since the 1-year survival rate for renal ...

Background and Objective- Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is an important cause of mortality worldwide. Huge economic burdens, various health complications and high mortality due to atherosclerotic coronary artery ...

Background- Composite aortic root replacement is the accepted treatment for acute dissections of the ascending aorta involving the root with aortic valve regurgitation, but controversy continues over the best technique of ...

Background and Objectives- Although exercise test is a highly reliable procedure for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), its value in assessing the extent and severity of CAD is yet unexplained. The present study ...

Background- Patients with symptomatic sinus node disease require a permanent pacemaker to relieve symptoms. This study was conducted retrospectively in patients who had received a ventricular pacemaker for sick sinus ...

Background- Stress echocardiography is one of the non-invasive methods to diagnose coronary artery disease. Myocardial wall motion abnormality, caused by pharmacological and non-pharmacological procedures performed upon ...

Background- Noninvasive methods for identification of accessory pathway(s) (AP) location in pre-excitation syndrome have always been desirable. Given the non-invasiveness and other advantages of radionuclide ventriculography ...

Objectives- This research was performed to assess systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients with ventricular and AV sequential pacing, placing particular emphasis on the long-term evaluation of left ...