BACKGROUND The prevalence of coronary vessel wall alterations in the general population is not known. Therefore, the aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of coronary artery disease in persons in whom the underlying disease was not related to coronary artery disease and could therefore be regarded as a near normal population. METHODS We included 331 consecutive patients (173 men, 1...

Coronary artery aneurysm is one of the rarest anomalies that we see in our medical practice and they are mostly associated with obstructive lesions due to atherosclerotic changes. Management of these aneurysm patients (conservative or surgical repair) usually depends on obstructive lesions and associated symptoms. We are presenting a case of left main aneurysm measuring around 14 × 28 mm with o...

The purpose of our study was to determine differences in coronary lesions after myocardial infarction between Japan and Western countries. One hundred ninety-two patients under 69 years of age admitted to our CCU were diagnosed as having an acute myocardial infarction. One hundred thirty of 153 surviving patients received coronary arteriography, and 12% had zero-vessel, 42% single-vessel, 25% t...

AIM To assess the effect of changing clinical practice on the costs and outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between 1998 and 2002. SETTING Two tertiary interventional centres. PATIENTS Consecutive patients undergoing PCI over a 12-month period between 1998 and 2002. DESIGN Comparative observational study of costs and 12-month clinical outcomes of consecutive PCI procedure...

coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) surgery is being performed increasingly in iran. so far, no large-scale report has described characteristics and risk factor profile and in-hospital mortality of patients undergoing this procedure in iran. we conducted this study to address these topics in order to help clarify iran's current state of cabg and to provide assistance in planning combat again...

Cardiac fluoroscopy to detect coronary calcification was performed on 360 patients before undergoing coronary arteriography for proven or suspected coronary artery disease. Among the 154 patients in whom coronary calcification was identified, 97% had significant coronary disease angiographically (.70% stenosis). In this group, the distribution of one, two, and three vessel coronary disease was ...

Cardiac fluoroscopy to detect coronary calcification was performed on 360 patients before undergoing coronary arteriography for proven or suspected coronary artery disease. Among the 154 patients in whom coronary calcification was identified, 97% had significant coronary disease angiographically (.70% stenosis). In this group, the distribution of one, two, and three vessel coronary disease was ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting is considered recently as the most common procedure for the treatment of symptomatic coronary. The article reviewed 41 studies published during 1997-2019 on intracoronary brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis of a drug-eluting stent. Intracoronary radiation therapy was finally confirmed in the setting of in-stent restenosis using as adjunctive th...