Dynamic Systolic Compression of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery by a Postinfarction Dyskinetic Left Ventricular Aneurysm

CongenItal Anomallous Origin of Left Anterior Descending Artery from RIight Coronary Artery

​Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries have been a known subject  since the advent of cardiac angiography, and has been a subject of special interest by both cardiologists and cardiac surgeons,  We have tried in this article to present a case of anomalous origin of LAD from RCA (RMT) in a 55 year old lady (Mrs. B.J.) and to completely dis­cuss this subject. It's worthmentioning that thi...

Treatment of left anterior descending artery aneurysm.

Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare and their management is controversial. Their incidence varies from 1,5% to 5% of the coronary angiographies, with predilection of the right coronary artery. Unruptured coronary aneurysms are often silent and may remain undiagnosed. The etiology can be either congenital or acquired. We describe a case of a left anterior descending artery (LAD) aneurysm t...

Systolic compression of left main coronary artery by left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicated by critical stenosis of left main coronary artery

A 69-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of exertional substernal chest pain and dyspnea for 3 weeks. His medical history consisted of dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and valvular heart disease. He had a mitral commissurotomy through a left thoracotomy for mitral stenosis at age 16 years followed by mitral valve replacement with a 25 mm Carpentier Edwards bovine pe...

Extrinsic compression of the left anterior descending coronary artery by rib in a patient with progressive left ventricular remodeling.

A 78-year-old man with a history of dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosed 5 years previously was admitted to our clinic with accelerating chest pain and dyspnea. The initial ECG showed sinus tachycardia and left bundle-branch block. Laboratory tests revealed elevated levels of troponin T (0.409 ng/mL), creatinine kinase (218 U/L), and creatinine kinase-MB isoenzyme (9.8 g/L). The peak level of creat...

Giant left anterior descending artery aneurysm.