BACKGROUND The prevalence of coronary artery anomalies (CAA) are reported between 0.6-1.3% in the literature. CAA are usually asymptomatic incidental findings, but they may deteriorate coronary circulation, cause symptoms and lead to sudden cardiac death; especially in young athletes. Since interventional procedures are increasing rapidly for treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the mo...

BACKGROUND Limited data exist on how noninvasive testing options compare for evaluating patients with suspected stable coronary artery disease. In this study, we have performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing the use of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) with usual care. METHODS AND RESULTS We systematically searched databases for randomized clinical tri...

Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) occur in 0.64 % to 5.6% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Most pathophysiology and clinical histories involving CCAs have been fully clarified in the past 30 years. Isolated congenital coronary artery-left ventricle direct microfistulas (CVmF) have been recently described, but the clinical significance and anatomical characteristics associated with th...

INTRODUCTION To study the angiographic disease severity of the infarct vessel after thrombolysis in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and their 90 days outcome. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained cardiology database at Shifa International Hospital from February 2011 to August 2011. A total of 57 patients who underwent thrombolysis ...

UNLABELLED Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) may have aggressive symptoms, especially if there is direct cortical venous drainage. We report our preliminary experience in transarterial embolization of DAVFs with direct cortical venous drainage (CVR) using Onyx. METHOD Nine patients with DAVFs with direct cortical venous drainage were treated: eight type IV and one type III (Cognard). Treat...

2. ained into the right ventricle (Fig. 1A). The underdeveloped ht descending coronary artery presented another coronary tery fistula draining into the right ventricle (Fig. 1C). Both tula paths were occluded by deploying 10 coils via radial cess (Figs. 1B and D). Final results were good with no mplications. During her check-up after 8 weeks, the patient reported a ear improvement in functional...

Background: Vitamin B 12 deficiency has been implicated in endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease via hyperhomocysteinemia. Coronary tortuosity (CorT) is a common coronary angiography finding. The etiology, clinical implication and long term prognosis are still not well clarified. This study was conducted with the aim to evaluate the relationship between CorT and vitamin B12. Subjec...

BACKGROUND We sought to determine the difference in the localization of coronary artery disease (CAD) between the left and right coronary artery system and investigate the effect of sex and age on that difference. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 17,323 consecutive angiographies from January 1st, 1984 to December 31st, 2003. The demographic parameters, in particular age and sex of the inve...