this study evaluated the relationship between the location of the most severe coronary artery stenosis and the subsequent acute myocardial infarction (ami). methods: of 1590 patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of ami, we identified 44 patients who had undergone previous myocardial perfusion spect. thirty-one of these patients also had previous coronary angiography. the relationship betw...

spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare and important cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. various etiologies are thought to be responsible for this condition, among which underlying atherosclerosis seems to be the most common. scad is predominant in women and is usually diagnosed via coronary artery angiography. therapeutic interventions include medical th...

a double left anterior descending (lad) coronary artery emerging from the left and right coronary arteries is classified among rare coronary anomalies. we herein report a 73-year-old man presenting with acute coronary syndrome (posterolateral myocardial infarction). he was admitted with typical chest pain, and due to his progressive ischemic changes on electrocardiography (ecg) and elevated car...

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI ) are common types of acute coronary syndrome which are associated with the risk factors of age, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Objective: The present study aimed to examine the effects of age on the risk factors and clinical sym...

Antiphospholipid syndrome is a rare disorder. Acute myocardial infarction is uncommon among these patients. Here we report a case of a 44-year-old man with antiphospholipid syndrome admitted for acute inferior myocardial infarction. Performed coronary angiography revealed that both the right coronary and the left circumflex coronary arteries were occluded by thrombi. We successfully performed p...

background and objectives: lipoprotein-a potentially represents a useful tool for risk stratification in cardiovascular accidents.  the aim of this study was to evaluate the atorvastatin effect on serum lipid profile & lipoprotein a. material & methods: in 2009, 405 patients with acute coronary syndrome randomly were divided into 2 groups, taking 20 & 40 mg atorvastatin daily for 3...

conclusions preoperative echocardiography, applied before elective and emergency percutaneous coronary interventions, plays a key role in detecting many intervention-related complications in the post-intervention period. case presentation a 65-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department and acute inferolateral myocardial infarction was diagnosed. the left atrial hematoma as a...

ABSTRACT 
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background cardiovascular disease is the world´s leading cause of death and elevated serum iron and ferritin have been proposed as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction (ami) in recent years. this study was done to determine the relationship between serum iron and ferritin with ami and its role on early coronary vessels disorder. material and methods in this cross-sectional study, total...

heparin has an unpredictable pharmacokinetics and the responses of individuals may vary distinctly. therefore, different dosing nomograms have been proposed. the aim of this study was to compare two prevalent nomograms to adjust heparin doses in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome.  one hundred and forty patients received heparin infusions based on one of two nomograms. group 1 r...