OBJECTIVE To investigate whether transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTE) can reliably measure the coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending coronary artery in children with Kawasaki disease. DESIGN Coronary flow velocity in the distal left anterior descending coronary artery was measured by TTE and was compared with that obtained by intracoronary Doppler guide wire. The ratio...

with a history of arterial hypertension and dyslipidaemia, was admitted to our department for a scheduled coronary angiographic examination. Two months before entry, the patient had been admitted to another hospital for an extensive anterior myocardial infarction, treated with intravenous thrombolysis. The coronary angiogram recorded one week after the acute infarction depicted an ulcerated ath...

the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (rca) as a branch from the left anterior descending artery (lad) is a very rare variation of the single coronary artery anomaly. the anomalous vessel arises from the proximal or midportion of the lad and courses anterior to the pulmonary artery trunk in most instances. in this case report, a 61-year-old woman is introduced who underwent coronary...

a 45- year old man with a history of aortic valve replacement presented with acute chest pain which was diagnosed to be anterior wall myocardial infarction. he received thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase. echocardiography and fluoroscopy showed normally functioning ball and cage aortic prosthesis. coronary arteriography showed globular filling defect in midportion of left anterior descendi...