Coronary artery abnormalities: Current clinical issues

One coronary artery, three abnormalities.

Coronary Artery Calcium Scores: Current Thinking and Clinical Applications

Most incident coronary disease occurs in previously asymptomatic individuals who were considered to be at a lower risk by traditional screening methods. There is a definite advantage if these individuals could be reclassified into a higher risk category, thereby impacting disease outcomes favorably. Coronary artery calcium scores have been recognized as an independent marker for adverse prognos...

Clinical Implications of Congenital Absence of Circumflex Coronary Artery

Introduction: Coronary artery anomalies are rare clinical entities reported in 0.6% to 5.6% of diagnostic coronary angiographies. Anomalous origins of coronary arteries from distal segments are rarely reported. Presented herein is a coronary anomaly in which the circumflex artery (CX) originated as a continuation of the posterolateral branch of the right coronary artery (RCA) w...

Predictors' issues of intubation time after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Abstract Introduction: Cardiovascular illness is the common disease in developed countries. Among of these illnesses the coronary artery failure significantly counted as a high rate of heart disease in the world. The main treatment for this condition is replacing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) heart pump under surgical crew including skilled nurses. Objective: This study aimed to det...

Current clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting.

BACKGROUND Randomized trials have compared coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, results of these trials in select patients may not accurately reflect current clinical practice using drug-eluting stents (DES) and off-pump CABG. We undertook a prospective registry of coronary revascularization by CABG on-pump and off-pump, and PCI with or w...