The incidental detection of asymptomatic but significant ( 50%) left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) has become more frequent with the increased use of coronary angiography for acute myocardial infarction. Most would agree that such LMCAD cannot be ignored. Yet, clarity is somewhat lacking as to the best approach to managing such patients. The long-running debate of the best revascularizat...

Coronary Artery To the Editor: The echocardiographic images of the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery presented by Lin et al1 are very instructive. But I disagree with the statement the authors made in the legend of their Figure 3 that “Turbulent flow from the main pulmonary artery through the orifice to the left coronary artery is evident.” In anomalous...

background according to the increase of patients with coronary artery disease, paying more attention to the quality of life seems to be important. one of the factors affecting the quality of life is spiritual health. spiritual health as one of the main aspects of health is usually ignored. objectives the current study was performed to determine the relationship between spiritual health and qual...

we report a rare case of acute right coronary artery stenosis developing in a patient undergoing aortic valve replacement. we present a case report with a brief overview of the literature relating to coronary artery occlusion associated with cardiac valve surgery – the theories and treatments are discussed. a 85 year-old female was admitted under the care of the  cardiothoracic team with signs ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of measurement of coronary artery calcification score (cac) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (cad) and a normal myocardial perfusion scan. methods: in a prospective study we measured the calcium score of 74 patients (29 m, 45 f, mean age 58.7 (m) and 64.4 (f)) with suspicion of cad and a normal perfusion scan. in ...

objectives to evaluate predictive value of vessel specific coronary artery calcium (cac) score in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease. patients and methods in this diagnostic test study we evaluated patients with coronary computed tomography angiography (ccta) and cac score which had been referred to two referral radiology center in tehran, iran and finally we selected 2525 patients ...

introduction: coronary endarterectomy is not a perfect procedure. however, it is sometimes the only available alternative for cardiac surgeons in patients suffering from diffuse coronary artery disease. according to a large volume of studies, coronary endarterectomy results (such as survival, recurrence of the symptoms of myocardial ischemia, and graft patency) are not as satisfactory as standa...