M MOHAMMADZADEH SHABESTARI; AA DADGAR
Volume 12, Issue 2 , July and August 2005, , Pages 55-59
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Due to the significance of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and coronary arterial diseases (CAD) which occur contemporary in a short period and due to lack of reports in this regard, this study was planned to determine the prevalence of CVA in patients suffering from Acute Myocardial ...
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Background and Purpose: Due to the significance of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and coronary arterial diseases (CAD) which occur contemporary in a short period and due to lack of reports in this regard, this study was planned to determine the prevalence of CVA in patients suffering from Acute Myocardial Infraction (AMI).
Methods and Materials: This prospective, cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with convenient sampling. All clinical and Para clinical information of 1000 patients with AMI hospitalized in Imamreza and Ghaem Hospitals of Mashad, Iran, were collected at their bedside using questionnaires.
Results: The prevalence of CVA was 2.2% where 73% were ischemic and 27% were hemorrhagic. 82% were male and the rest female; hemorrhagic CVA was most prevalent in women. They were most commonly found between 61 and 70 years of age. CVA occurred mostly between 4 and 11 O'clock in the morning, when AMI was also of high prevalence. Also Hypertension in Smokers was the greatest risk factor for CVA but no relationship was found to exist between arythmia and CVA. CVA led to death in 18% of the cases and 82% were discharged with residual morbidity.
Conclusion: The results indicated that, like global studies, CV A can be considered as one of the complications of AMI. High prevalence of hypertension is certainly a re-emphasis on controlling the blood pressure for the prevention of CVA and its fundamental influence on health and socioeconomic issues of the community.
M TAHERI; AA DADGAR; MH NAJAFI; M RADVAR
Volume 11, Issue 4 , January and February 2005, , Pages 13-21
Abstract
Purpose: Nifedipine is a calcium blocking agent of the dihydropyridine group widely used as a vasodilating agent for the treatment of hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Gingival enlargement is a known side effect of nifedipine use. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of periodontal ...
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Purpose: Nifedipine is a calcium blocking agent of the dihydropyridine group widely used as a vasodilating agent for the treatment of hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Gingival enlargement is a known side effect of nifedipine use. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of periodontal disease and gingival enlargement in nifedipine treatment patients.
Methods and Material: In a cross sectional study data from 16 patients taking nifedipine were compared with those of 20 patients with cardiac disorder who had not been treated with nifedipine. All patients were examined for the presence of periodontal disease and gingival enlargement using 3 different indices: Periodontal index (Russel), Plaque index (Silness and Loe) and gingival overgrowth index (GO) (Miller and Damm).
Results: Between the nifedipine and control groups, there was no significant difference for age, sex, PI (Russel), and PI (Silness & Loe). But prevalence of gingival overgrowth and its severity were greater in the anterior and inferior teeth in the nifedipine group (P=0.05). Prevalence of clinically significant overgrowth related to chronic medication with nifedipine is low.
Conclusion: Severity of hyperplasia induced by nifedipine directly depended on the level of education and oral hygiene.