Heart rate variability in patients with recurrent syncope

Introduction: The autonomic nervous system participates in the pathophysiology of vasovagal syncope. The disturbances in the autonomic nervous system can be measured by heart rate variability (HRV). The aim of the stud...

Permanent cardiac pacing in adult patients with congenital heart disease after cardiac surgery

Introduction: Impulse formation and conduction disturbances demanding permanent pacing are present in some adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Almost half of these patients had a cardiac surgery in the pa...

Toriello-Carey syndrome – a report of two new cases with additional findings

Prevalence of cigarette smoking and smoking-related disease correlates in Iranian asymptomatic HBV carriers

Introduction: The possible hepatotoxic effect of cigarette smoking in HBV patients has been proposed by epidemiological and experimental studies, therefore we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of smoking and it’s correlat...

Anomalous musculoskeletal morphology of anterior chest wall: a case report

The combination of rectus sternalis muscle, anomalous attachment of pectoralis minor muscle and supernumerary ribs in a single individual has not been reported by any research study, to the best of our knowledge. We repo...