T he National Service Framework (NSF) for coronary heart disease (CHD) states that: " By international standards, the UK has high rates of CHD but low rates of coronary artery revascularisation. This does not appear to be because most other countries are over-using revascularisation but rather there has been under-provision of revascularisation in the UK. Another major difference between the UK...

The radial artery usually arises from brachial artery and begins just below the inferior border of teres major. The present study focuses on the radial artery features which are the internal diameter and external diameter as well as thickness of wall and origin level of radial artery to give extensive data for physicians. Present study comprises a dissection of 68 upper limbs which is 34 cadave...

This multicentric, multinational, randomised controlled trial (RCT) was aimed to see if percutaneous revascularisation of the renal arteries in atherosclerotic renovascular disease provided clinical benefits. A total of 806 patients in whom the benefits of revascularisation were thought to be uncertain by their treating physicians were randomised to the medical therapy or the revascularisation ...

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...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Radial artery spasm is the most frequent complication of transradial cardiac catheterization. It causes patient discomfort and reduces the procedure's success rate. The aims of this study were to identify variables associated with this complication, such as clinical parameters, angiographic characteristics of the radial artery and factors related to the procedure, an...

arterial pulse measurement is one of the most important methods for evaluation of healthy conditions. in traditional iranian medicine (tim), physician may detect radial pulse by holding four fingers on the patient’s wrist. by using this method, under standard condition, the detected pulses are subjective and erroneous, in case of weak and/or abnormal pulses, the ambiguity of diagnosis may rise....

BACKGROUND In 'real-world' patient populations undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA), it is unclear whether a correlation exists between gender, coronary artery calcium (CAC) score and subsequent referral for invasive coronary angiography and coronary revascularisation. We therefore investigated the relationship between gender, CAC and use of subsequent invasive coronary angiography and cor...

OBJECTIVES In stable coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary revascularisation may reduce mortality of patients with a certain amount of left ventricular myocardial ischaemia. However, revascularisation does not always follow the guidance suggested by ischaemia testing. We compared outcomes in patients without ischaemia who had either revascularisation or medical treatment. DESIGN AND POPULAT...

BACKGROUND The radial forearm free flap is a workhorse free flap. The radial artery, which supplies it, is increasingly being used for endovascular access. A complication of this is radial artery occlusion. Although often asymptomatic it can compromise future free tissue transfer. CASE PRESENTATION Two patients who underwent RFFF harvest for head and neck reconstruction are presented; both of...