Takayasu arteritis (TA) is the third most common childhood vasculitis and its clinical manifestations depend on the arteries involved. We report a case of a 9-year-old boy with multiple aneurysms in carotid and iliac arteries, subclavian and coronary arteries, and abdominal aorta. At the age of 7 years, he presented with recurrent fever and hepatosplenomegaly. An angio-computed tomography scan ...

Congenital coronary artery fistulas (CAF) are rare malformations which can be complicated by hemodynamically relevant intracardiac shunts, endocarditis, myocardial infarction, thromboemboly or coronary aneurysms and rupture. The incidence of isolated coronary fistula is 1:50000 live birth (Schumacher G et al. Thorac Cardiovas Surg 1997; 45: 287–294). The left, right or both coronary arteries ma...

Coronary artery aneurysms are rare anomalies that are usually incidental findings in coronary angiography. We present the case of a 64-year-old male patient with a recent episode of epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting, accompanied by electrocardiographic alterations and positive troponin I. As the symptoms persisted, the patient was referred for coronary angiography, during which a significant...

After over two years of COVID-19 pandemic, it has been shown that SARS COV 2 infection can be the precursor thrombotic complications. association with a coronary aneurysm (2 factors) lead to myocardial infarction on massive thrombus. we report case without ST-segment elevation thrombosis an aneurysmal artery during infection. The treatment aneurysms always great challenge for interventional car...

A 31 year old man was referred for the evaluation of chest pain. Cardiac CT reconstruction revealed multiple calcified giant coronary aneurysms. Most likely this patient suffered from subclinical Kawasaki's disease in his childhood.

positive with Staphylococcus aureus. Because of the uncertain diagnosis, we planned computerized tomography (CT) of the chest. Computerized tomography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta (Fig. 4). The patient underwent emergency aortic surgery. Although, intensive management and antimicrobial therapy was given, she developed multiple organ failure and died in the postoperative peri...

We described a 4 month-old boy diagnosed as KD with involvement of peripheral arteries as well as coronary arteries. He had diagnosed as KD in a local hospital because of fever lasting for 25 days, conjunctivitis, membranous desquamation from fingertips and rash. Patient was referred to our center because of resistant fever to IVIG treatment. Echocardiographic examination revealed right and lef...

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic inflammatory illness that occurs predominately in children 5 years of age. The reported incidence varies widely depending on the ethnicity of the population and the method of case ascertainment. Recent reports would suggest the annual incidence is 20 to 25 per 100 000 children 5 years of age in North America, with the highest reported incidence of 188 ...

Coronary artery aneurysms are uncommon but potentially hazardous entities found on a small percentage of coronary angiograms. The best management strategy remains to be determined; the coexistence of obstructive coronary artery disease is the main determinant of prognosis. We report the case of a middle-aged woman with mixed aneurysmal and obstructive coronary artery disease presenting as an ac...

Human aortic aneurysms have been associated with inflammation and vascular remodeling. Since the endocannabinoid system modulates inflammation and tissue remodeling, we investigated its components in human aortic aneurysms. We obtained anterior aortic wall samples from patients undergoing elective surgery for aortic aneurysm or coronary artery disease as controls. Histological and molecular ana...