1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.06.022 draining to the coronary sinus (Fig. 1). Surgical treatment was revascularization of the diagonal branch (no reperfusion of the LAD) and ligation of the fistula. We report a case of a 63-year-old woman who was admitted at our institution for unstable angina with a severe coronary disease and...

Myocardial infarction and left ventricular failure developed within hours of ligation of a large arterial duct in a four week old infant. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery was confirmed by echocardiography. Despite emergency translocation of the anomalous coronary artery the patient died.

we investigated contraction to noradrenaline (na) and kc1 and sensitivity of na at the level of larger vessels (thoracic aorta and vena cava; left renal artery and left renal vein; lateral saphenous artery and lateral saphenous vein and finally central ear artery and marginal ear vein) in a model devised to mimic heart failure. the model presented here is the rabbit coronary ligation model in w...

• The high incidence of coronary artery disease in man has prompted extensive research efforts in the direction of improving blood flow to the heart muscle. Attempts to achieve this goal have taken many forms and may be summarized as follows: (1) scarifying procedures designed to encourage the growth of new vascular channels into the heart from extracardiac sources; (2) retrograde perfusion of ...

A 13 year old girl with recurrent ventricular tachycardia that occurred in association with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is described. Such an arrhythmia has not been described before. Ligation of the anomalous left coronary artery led to more frequent episodes of ventricular tachycardia with evidence of myocardial ischaemia. She was successfully manage...

• The high incidence of coronary artery disease in man has prompted extensive research efforts in the direction of improving blood flow to the heart muscle. Attempts to achieve this goal have taken many forms and may be summarized as follows: (1) scarifying procedures designed to encourage the growth of new vascular channels into the heart from extracardiac sources; (2) retrograde perfusion of ...

FREDRICK WILLIUS, a physician and historian of cardiology, claimed in 1945, "The achievement of scientific progress is irrevocably based on past experiences, not alone on the experience of one generation of scientists but rather on the numerous generations which have been predecessors. " ' The recent introduction of thrombolytic therapy with intracoronary streptokinase for acute coronary occlus...

We report on a case of a 70-year-old chronic hemodialysis patient. He presented with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) and severe left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis, which supplied collateral flow to the right coronary artery (RCA). The patient complained of myocardial ischemic symptoms during routine hemodialysis. We performed...

Objectives Although echocardiography has traditionally been used to diagnose myxoma, invasive or non-invasive coronary angiography can be useful diagnostic tool before surgery. Methods We present a case of an angiographically detected left atrial myxoma feeding from the left circumflex coronary artery. Results The patient underwent open-heart surgery to remove the left atrial myxoma. After ...