Proximal left anterior descending coronary heart disease and complex ventricular arrhythmias

Multiple left anterior descending coronary artery to left ventricular fistula – A case series and literature review

Coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) are found in 0.3-0.8% of patients who undergo coronary angiography. CAFs are defined as single or multiple, small or large direct communications that arise from one or more coronary arteries and enter into one of the four cardiac chambers or major vessels. We present two cases of multiple coronary artery fistulas arising from diagonal and left anterior descending...

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...

Angioplasty of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery: initial success and long-term follow-up.

From 1984 to 1987, 537 consecutive patients (mean age 58 years; range 34 to 79) underwent angioplasty for proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease. The procedure was clinically successful in 516 (96.1%). Procedural complications included myocardial infarction (2.2%; Q wave 0.9%, non-Q wave 1.3%), in-hospital bypass surgery (3%) and death (0.4%). Follow-up was obtained in 534 pa...

Interventricular septal motion in patients with proximal and distal left anterior descending coronary artery lesions.

In order to evaluate the ability of the echocardiogram to detect and localize left main or left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery lesions, 43 patients were studied. The systolic excursion of the left side of the septum and the ratio of posterior wall to septal excursion were measured. Seventeen patients had no LAD lesions; all had systolic septal excursion of 3 mm or greater. Twelve pat...

A novel, minimally-invasive surgical approach for ablation of ventricular tachycardia originating near the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.