A 37 year-old female who had suffered from arteritis for 20 years underwent a Bentall operation. Since severe stenosis was observed in her left main coronary artery (LMCA) the following year, a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) operation was performed. Unfortunately, she again complained of angina about 6 months after the second surgery and coronary angiography (CAG) rev...

aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are exceedingly rare clinical entities, encountered incidentally in approximately 0.1% of patients who undergo routine angiography. the most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment. depending on the severity of the coexisting coronary stenosis, patients with left main co...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Coronary artery anomalies are found in approximately 1% of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography (CAG). Angiographic recognition of these vessels is important because of their clinical significance and importance in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty or cardiac surgery. There are fairly enough reports concerning the incidence of coronary anomalies i...

Coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) is defined as direct connections between the coronary artery and one of cardiac cavities. It is generally derived from right coronary artery (RCA). Fistulas may be congenital or acquired (1). Coronary-pulmonary arterial fistulas (CPAF) constitute 15%-20% of all fistulas. They are mostly small, determined co-incidentally during coronary angiography (CAG), an...

Aim: Non-culprit lesion severity has often been exaggerated at the time of acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We aimed to determine changes in non-culprit lesions on follow-up coronary angiography (CAG) and independent predictors these changes. Material Methods: retrospectively evaluated stenosis CAG which was done within 2 months after primary percutaneous intervention (...

Aims The high prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and the risk for in general population is alarming. In addition, frequency coronary artery diseases (CAD) patients with higher than non-diabetic patients. This study aimed to investigate people at undergoing angiography (CAG) a university referral hospital Guilan Province, Iran. Methods & Materials this cross-sectional study, data from 300 wh...

in patients requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg), usually at least one of the internal mammary arteries is used. this study evaluates the degree of atherosclerotic involvement of the internal mammary artery (ima) in patients undergoing cabg. during two months period, 79 patients (66 male and 13 female with a medium age of 58 years) undergoing myocardial revascularization had a biops...

HYPOTHESIS We examined the hypothesis that a specific myocardial injury marker, namely high sensitive cardiac troponin-I (HsTn-I), is elevated in patients with slow coronary flow (SCF) pattern. AIM To examine the above hypothesis by studying a group of patients who had undergone coronary angiography for the detection of their chest pain aetiology with SCF pattern despite an angiographically n...

background: atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (aras) remains underdiagnosed due to its nonspecific demonstrations. we aimed to both estimate the frequency of aras in high-risk non-selected patients undergoing simultaneous coronary and renal catheterization and possibly identify a predictive model for aras using baseline clinical, laboratory, and coronary angiographic variables. methods: the...