Abstract Background Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is common in acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and associated with increased in-hospital mortality rate. Purpose We sought to investigate the association between VF artery involved STEMI Methods This a retrospective observational study of hospitalizations January 1, 2016 December 31, 2019, using National Inpatient Sample (...

Strategies for indirect myocardial revascularization in end stage ischemic coronary artery disease have been described and are still developing, including transmyocardial laser revascularization, ischemic preconditioning, low-energy shock wave therapy, or epicardial transplantation of latissimus dorsi muscle flap. All of them are intended to induce angiogenesis and generate neocollaterals to im...

We read with great interest a report by Gallo et al. [1] on a very rare coronary artery anatomy. In a classification of single coronary artery (SCA) by Lipton et al. [2] with modifications by Yamanaka and Hobbs [3], this case refers to the R-IIIC type of SCA. Indeed, there is little discrepancy between terminology and anatomy in this type of SCA, which is very apparent in the present case. Acco...

Echocardiographic suprasternal relationships of the transverse aortic arch (TAA), right pulmonary artery (RPA) and left atrium (Y' LAD) were validated and angiographic-echocardiographic measurement correlations were made for each structure. Normal values were determined with respect to body surface area. In normals, regardless of age or body size, mean dimensional TAA/RPA ratio was 1.2:1 and Y'...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and angiographic outcomes of sirolimuseluting stent (SES) implantation for ostial left anterior descending (LAD) lesions compared with bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. BACKGROUND The effectiveness of SES implantation for ostial LAD lesions is currently unknown. METHODS Sirolimus-eluting stents were implanted in 68 consecutive patie...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and angiographic outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation for ostial left anterior descending (LAD) lesions compared with bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. BACKGROUND The effectiveness of SES implantation for ostial LAD lesions is currently unknown. METHODS Sirolimus-eluting stents were implanted in 68 consecutive ...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) specifically is associated with improved long-term 5 years survival as compared to PCI failure. Simpler PCI techniques may be successful and safer than complex techniques which are perceived to have high failure rates and technical complexity. We aimed to d...

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease LAD: linear IgA dermatosis TNF: tumor necrosis factor UC: ulcerative colitis INTRODUCTION Linear IgA dermatosis (LAD) is an idiopathic or drug-induced autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease characterized by linear deposition of IgA antibodies along the dermoepidermal junction. The pathogenesis, although incompletely understood, involves the formation of derma...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To compare computer-generated interpretation of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) by commercially available COR Analyzer software with expert human interpretation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‑compliant study was approved by the institutional review board. Among 225 consecutive cCTA examinat...