Coronary aneurysms represent anomalies identified in 0.15%-4.9% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. At present, there is no uniform definition of this pathology. Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) are extremely uncommon, with an incidence of 0.1%. It has been demonstrated that atherosclerosis is the main cause of these anomalies in adults, and Kawasaki disease in childre...

Congenital coronary artery anomalies are of major significance in clinical cardiology and cardiac surgery due to their association with myocardial ischaemia and sudden death. Such anomalies are detectable by imaging modalities and, according to various definitions, their prevalence ranges from 0.21 to 5.79%. This consensus document from the Development, Anatomy and Pathology Working Group of th...

impaired fasting glucose identifies individuals at high risk of progression to diabetes but the role of ifg as a coronary artery disease risk factor, independent of its progression to diabetes and its association with other coronary artery disease risk factors ,is unclear. a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the hypothesis that impaired fasting glucose increased the likelihood of ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of transoesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of patients with coronary artery anomalies. BACKGROUND Coronary artery anomalies are difficult to detect clinically. Most are benign but some may produce symptoms that can be life threatening. Until recently the non-invasive assessment of coronary artery anomalies has been limited. METHODS The data base of ...

BACKGROUND Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution intravascular imaging technique used in adults. We tested the hypothesis that OCT could identify coronary abnormalities not seen by angiography in children with a history of Kawasaki disease (KD) and pediatric heart transplant (TX) recipients. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with KD and TX recipients were evaluated between Decemb...

We report the case of a 42-year-old female referred to our institution for an incidental diagnosis of an aortic aneurysm. Multislice 64-CT angiography showed a giant aneurysm of the Valsalva sinus, which extended to all three coronary arteries, and multiple aneurysms along the entire length of the coronaryarteries (Panels A–C ). The Valsalva sinus aneurysm was eccentric, more pronounced near th...

Abnormalities of coronary artery, congenital or acquired, are rare in the pediatric population, but they frequently present unexpectedly. They may result in life-threatening conditions if unrecognized; however, in infants and children, preclinical coronary abnormalities usually do not present with the typical clinical manifestations seen in adults with myocardial ischemia. Timely diagnosis of s...

Coronary anomalies are rare, with a reported prevalence of 1.3% among patients who undergo coronary angiography. The great majority of coronary artery anomalies are incidental findings and are not clinically significant, but in some cases, may be responsible for angina, syncope, arrhythmias or even sudden death. In the following case, we describe coronary CT angiography findings of one of the r...