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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53461#.VMXprCzQrzE Author(s)    Yehia Abed 1 , Amal Jamee 2*   Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Public Health, Al Quds University, Gaza, Palestine . 2 Cardiology Department, Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine . ABSTRACT Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in both sexes worldwide, and becomes number one killer in women due to many factors including increase in traditional risk factors, delays in apparition of symptoms, under estimation of diagnosis test and treatment. Our study aims to identify risk factors for coronary artery disease among women with chest pain underwent coronary angiography during years (2010-2013) in cardiology center. The study design is an observational among 688 women-aged 32 - 96 years; the mean age of our study population is 61 years. Risk factors are abstracted from patients’ files. Women with documente...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52699#.VKDJIcCAM4 Author(s)     Adham I. Ahmed Affiliation(s) Faculty of Intermediate Studies, University of Palestine, Gaza, Palestine . ABSTRACT Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of deaths of women and men worldwide. In this study we tried to assess the relationship between Vitamin D status and CAD. Vitamin D has a big role in the body and debate on its effect on the heart and coronary arteries still exits. C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory marker which may rise in CHD. Aim: To determine the relationship between Vitamin D status and CRP and CAD risk among patients at middle zone of the Gaza...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51176#.VFgxD2fHRK0 Author(s)   Naglaa Abdul-Maboud Soliman 1 , Wafaa Mostafa Abd-El Gawad 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt . 2 Geriatrics and Gerontology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt . ABSTRACT Background & Aim: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) share similar pathophysiological background of vascular damage. So we aimed to study the relationship between DR and silent CAD in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Subject & Methods: A cross sectional study was performed on 40 patients w...