Effect of telemedicine on glycated hemoglobin in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

LI Faruque, N Wiebe, A Ehteshami-Afshar, Y Liu… - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine, the use of telecommunications to deliver health services,
expertise and information, is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of diabetes …

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the safety and efficacy of febuxostat versus allopurinol in chronic gout

LI Faruque, A Ehteshami-Afshar, N Wiebe… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of febuxostat compared to allopurinol for the
treatment of chronic gout. Methods We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing multivessel versus culprit-only revascularization for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction …

GE El-Hayek, AH Gershlick, MK Hong… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Current guidelines recommend against revascularization of the noninfarct artery during the
index percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in hemodynamically stable patients with ST-…

Interocular differences of the Pentacam measurements in normal subjects

KG Falavarjani, M Modarres… - Clinical and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the interocular differences of the Pentacam
corneal measurements in a normal population. Methods: A retrospective analysis was …

Effects of body mass index on clinical outcomes in female patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents: results from a patient-level …

M Faggioni, U Baber, AE Afshar, G Giustino… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives : This study sought to investigate the effect of different body mass index (BMI)
categories on clinical outcomes in female patients treated with percutaneous coronary …

[HTML][HTML] The value of serum uric acid as a mortality prediction in critically ill children

…, N Dianati-Maleki, A Ehteshami-Afshar - Iranian journal of …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective The role of initial serum uric acid on admission in critically ill patients is controversial;
we presumed that uric acid level can predict the mortality of the admitted patients to …

Prevention of contrast and radiation injury during coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention

AE Afshar, PB Parikh - Current treatment options in cardiovascular …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of review In this review, we provide a summary of the recently published literature
on various methods of preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) and radiation-…

Histopathologic and clinical findings of congenital nephrotic syndrome in Iranian children: a study of two centers.

M Mehrazma, H Otukesh, A Madani… - Iranian Journal of …, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
Introduction. Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS), an uncommon form of kidney disease,
presents during the first year of life and is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the …

Use of electrocardiogram indices of myocardial ischemia for risk stratification and decision making of reperfusion strategies

ND Maleki, AE Afshar, PW Armstrong - Journal of Electrocardiology, 2014 - Elsevier
After about a century since its clinical introduction, the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
remains a cornerstone in diagnosis and management of acute ST-elevation myocardial …

Management of saphenous vein graft disease in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery

N Dianati Maleki, A Ehteshami Afshar… - Current Treatment Options …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review In this review, we summarize the pathogenesis of saphenous venous graft
(SVG) failure in patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We also …