BACKGROUND Primary intra cardiac tumors are rare. In this article, we present papillary fibroelastoma of mitral valve chordae. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year old man presented with atypical chest pain and palpitation. Physical examination and electrocardiogram were normal. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed a mass of 1015 mm attached to chordae of anteromedial papillary muscle of mi...

In 2010, the National Institute for Heath and Clinical Excellence published guidelines for the management of stable chest pain of recent onset. Implementation has occurred to various degrees throughout the NHS; however, its effectiveness has yet to be proved. A retrospective study was undertaken to assess the impact and relevance of this guideline, comparing the estimated risk of coronary arter...

Cardiac hemangiomas are very rare benign cardiac tumors. They can presented at any age and clinical presentation varies according to location size. We reported the case of patient with left ventricular hemangioma,discovered during routine echocardiographyfor atypical chest pain. Surgical resection was successfully performed histology confirmed cavernoushemangioma.

Abstract Retrosternal chest pain is the classical symptom of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). ACS sometimes presents with atypical symptoms and very rarely as headache only symptom. We present here a case where patient who had undergone artery bypass grafting presented on evaluation found to have complete occlusion right artery.

BACKGROUND A normal coronary angiogram is found in about 20% of patients who undergo coronary angiography due to chest pain. In some of them syndrome X is diagnosed. Endothelial dysfunction is one possible cause of this pathology. AIM To compare the endothelial function estimated by two different methods in patients with typical or atypical anginal pain and with no chest pain. METHODS Fifty...

Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who are accompanied by atypical symptoms are frequently misdiagnosed and under-treated. This study was conducted to examine and compare the factors associated with atypical symptoms other than chest pain in younger (<70 yr) and older (> or =70 yr) patients with first-time ACS. Data were obtained from the electronic medical records of the patients (n=...

introduction: chest pain is a common compliant in children and adolescents visiting the clinic. we assess and analyze the etiology of chest pain among children referred a pediatric cardiology clinic in cardiac center in south west of iran.materials and methods: we assessed children with chest pain who visited our medical center during march 2013 to april 2014. any case of trauma associated ches...