Continuous improvement in multislice computed tomography technology has further enabled advances in coronary artery bypass graft imaging. Multidetector platforms and retrospective electrocardiography gating have enabled sensitivities and specificities in the 95% to 99% range while avoiding the morbidity associated with invasive catheter angiography. Identification of bypass graft stenoses and b...

In the surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot, morbidity and mortality are increased by certain coronary anomalies, in particular, an anterior descending branch originating from the right coronary artery or a single coronary artery in which a large coronary branch runs across the pulmonary outflow tract. In a series of 94 patients with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent cardiac catheterization, ...

In the surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot, morbidity and mortality are increased by certain coronary anomalies, in particular, an anterior descending branch originating from the right coronary artery or a single coronary artery in which a large coronary branch runs across the pulmonary outflow tract. In a series of 94 patients with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent cardiac catheterization, ...

In the surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot, morvidity and mortality are increased by certain coronary anomalies, in particular, an anterior descending branch originating from the right coronary artery or a single coronary artery in which a large coronary branch runs across the pulmonary outflow tract. In series of 94 patients with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent cardiac catheterization, co...

We report the imaging findings of an uncommon coronary vascular termination anomaly, with fistula to the pulmonary artery. This 70 year old female patient presented unstable angina, showing a coronary artery fistula depicted in coronary angiogram from the left coronary to the pulmonary artery, with no significant atherosclerotic pathology. Due to development of ventricular tachycardia in stress...

The preoperative assessment of patients with a coronary artery fistula requires exact angiographic evaluation of the coronary artery anatomy. A technique of transvenous balloon occlusion angiography of the aorta is described. This can be applied easily in infants with a persisting foramen ovale. Combination of this technique with the so-called "laid-back" aortogram gave excellent visualisation ...

conclusions in total, application of therapeutic approaches in patients with cad depends on many factors. in our study not only risk factors such as gender, lifestyle, smoking, alcohol abuse, diabetes and hypertension were associated with the incidence of cad, but also they were highly correlated with the severity of the disease. results the mean age of total patients was 58.3 ± 11.5 years (p =...

Information about the existence and anatomy of arterial anastomoses with the porcine bronchial artery is lacking in the literature. Prior to basic physiological investigations in a porcine model related to lung transplantation with bronchial artery revascularisation, this study was designed to examine the anatomy of systemic arterial anastomoses with the bronchial artery system. Twenty pigs wer...