conclusions according to the results, there were no significant and meaningful differences comparing acs and csa groups of patients by ecds using three indicators of stenosis, plaque morphology and imt as indicators of atherosclerosis. results also display that patients with acs had more stenosis, more plaque and thicker intima–media, but these differences were not statistically significant (p ...

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...

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...

the left ventricular aneurysm is one of the most significant complications of myocardial infarction and is defined as the expansion of the ventricular wall. the coronary artery aneurysm is characterized by an abnormal dilation of the localized portion of the coronary artery, and its main cause is atherosclerosis. we herein report an unusual case of coronary artery and left ventricular aneurysms...

background: acute coronary syndrome is a life-threatening condition. considerable doubts exist over the effects of this disease on patients’ quality of life. the aim of this study was to survey quality of life and its influencing factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome. methods: a convenience sample of 300 patients with acute coronary syndrome was drawn from shahid beheshti hospital, k...

This study examined the application of 64-slice spiral double-low computed tomography (CT) to evaluate the degree of coronary artery stenosis. We examined 45 patients with coronary heart disease by 64-slice spiral double-low CT and coronary angiography (CAG) to determine CT accuracy in evaluating coronary artery stenosis. Imaging analysis from 64-slice spiral double-low CT identified 199 segmen...

OBJECTIVE To observe the relationship between coronary and carotid/cerebral atherosclerotic stenosis. METHODS Carotid/aortocranial angiography and coronary angiography were performed in 34 CAD patients complicated with symptomatic cerebral ischemia. Patients were divided into 3 subgroups according to the extent of arterial stenosis determined by angiography. There were 5 light, 4 moderate and...