Swyer-James (Macleod) syndrome was first defined in the 1950s by Swyer, James and Macleod in patients with unilateral hyperlucent lungs. Coronary artery anomalies are congenital anomalies that affect a small part of the population. They constitute about 1-2% of congenital heart diseases. The incidence of a left coronary artery arising from the right coronary sinus Valsalva has been reported as ...

cardiovascular diseases are one of the most common diseases that cause a large number of deaths each year. coronary artery disease (cad) is the most common type of these diseases worldwide and is the main reason of heart attacks. thus early diagnosis of cad is very essential and is an important field of medical studies. many methods are used to diagnose cad so far. these methods reduce cost and...

The quality of the imaging of the main coronary arteries and side branches provided by multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) may have importance when assessing congenital coronary artery anomalies. This review discusses the rationale for using MDCT for this indication and examines the advantages and disadvantages of the technique. Examples of MDCT imaging of congenital coronary artery an...

Coronary anomalies affect a small percentage of the general population. A solitary coronary ostium in the absence of other major congenital anomalies is very rare. We describe a case of a patient, admitted to our cardiology department with an acute myocardial infarction. A coronary angiogram shows a solitary ostium originating from the right sinus of Valsalva with the left anterior descending c...

elevated total plasma homocysteine (thcy) levels constitute a risk factor for coronary artery disease (cad). a possible relationship was investigated between admission plasma homocysteine level and the angiographic severity and extension of coronary artery disease in patients with cad. this study looks at the relationship between total plasma homocysteine and severity of coronary artery disease...

B of the coronary arteries may vary in origin, distribution, number, and size. Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries occur in 0.2-1.2% of the general population.1 Most coronary artery anomalies do not cause myocardial ischemia and are often found incidentally during angiographic evaluation for other cardiac diseases. These pathologic anomalies may be present from early infancy and can r...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility and reproducibility of a time-efficient coronary vessel wall measurement approach using an improved motion-sensitized driven equilibrium (iMSDE) pulse sequence. METHODOLOGY In this study, the iMSDE pulse sequence was first optimized and then applied on a group of healthy volunteers (N = 10) to evaluate its feasibility of vessel w...

BACKGROUND Demographic and clinical characteristics and angiographic findings of Turkish patients with coronary artery fistula have been investigated in this study and diagnostic tests and treatment methods used in these patients have also been evaluated in detail. METHODS We have examined the cardiac catheterization laboratory database retrospectively between March 2006 and July 2010. Among ...

Coronary arteriovenous fistulas are among rare anomalies of coronary arteries. Role of X-ray angiography is well established in identification and characterization of these anomalies, however there accurate course and termination is often not defined. We demonstrate role of routine cardiovascular MRI in non-invasively diagnosing and characterizing the course and termination of these anomalous c...