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Mehrnoush Toufan Tabrizi, Saeed Mohammadzadeh Gharebaghi, Leili Pourafkari, Afshin Habibzadeh, Parastoo Chaichi, Elham Delir Abdollahi,
Volume 17, Issue 12 (3-2015)
Abstract

Background: Heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is commonly seen in adults. It is possible that old patients with HFNEF have severe clinical status. The aim of current study is to evaluate clinical and echocardiographic findings in old patients compared to young patients with HFNEF.

Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional analytical study, 126 patients with HFNEF were evaluated in two groups of patients &ge60 years old (n=52) and <60 years old (n=74) for demographic, clinical and echocardiographic findings.

Results: Patients &ge60 years old had significantly more hyperlipidemia, less hypertension and more FC II. Patients &ge60 years old also had significantly larger septal wall thickness, lower end diastolic and systolic volume, end systolic diameter, E/A ratio and septal E’, lower diastolic dysfunction grade, higher left ventricle ejection fraction, left atrial volume index, E/E’ ratio and deceleration time compared to patients <60 years old.

Conclusion: Old patients with HFNEF have different clinical and echocardiographic findings compared to younger patients which are indicative of the disease severity in some cases. So, exact evaluation of the patients could be helpful in early diagnosis of these patients and providing an adequate treatment.


Razyeh Rezaei , Mohammad Fathi ,
Volume 22, Issue 3 (8-2019)
Abstract

Background and Aim: Endurance training causes cardiac remodeling, one of the factors that adjusting expression of more genes of heart is miR-133. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of endurance training on miR-133 expression in wistar rats’ heart.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 14 rats were housed under controlled conditions for 4 weeks, after familiarization they were randomly assigned to control (7 rats) and experimental (7 rats) groups. The experimental group performed 14 weeks, 6 session per week an endurance training program (that gradually reached to 60 min and 30 m/min) on treadmill. 48 hours after the end of the last session, all animals were anesthetized and sacrificed. Then, the their heart were removed and after tissue homogenization of left ventricle, and RNA extraction, and cDNA synthesis, the expression level of left ventricle miR-133 were measured by using Real-Time PCR. The rate of miR-133 expression was evaluated by using t-test at p≤ 0.05 level.
Ethical Considerations: This study was approved in Research Ethics Committee of Lorestan University with the code 1396345.52
Findings: After 14 weeks endurance training, the expression of heart miR-133 in experimental group was significantly increased (p=0.007) than control group which coincided with increase of the rate of left ventricular mass to weight body (p=0.012).
Conclusion: Regarded to structural changes of heart, it seems the part of heart adaptation to endurance exercise caused by increase in miR-133 expression.


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