It is important to exclude coronary vasospasm, the mechanism responsible for so-called 'dynamic' coronary stenosis, when selecting of patients for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Although cine angiographic demonstration of this frequently fleeting entity can sometimes be difficult, a strong suspicion should be aroused by a carefully taken history. The danger of PTCA in th...

This study aimed to determine the effective doses of cardiologist, nurses, and technical staff in pediatric angiography laboratory during their diagnostic therapeutic applications. also compares radiation dose applications performed country with exposed on a world scale. A total 39 coronary (CA) + percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) methods were study. The received for each person sing...

It is becoming more apparent each day that despite a strong national commitment to excellence in health care, the resources and personnel are finite. It is, therefore, appropriate that the medical profession examine the impact of developing technology on the practice and cost of medical care. Such analysis, carefully conducted, could potentially impact on the cost of medical care without dimini...

A 48-year-old woman with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome underwent surgical division of the accessory pathway in the left lateral wall. At 6 months after the procedure, she developed dyspnea and chest oppression. Coronary angiography revealed total occlusion in the left circumflex coronary artery (segment 13) at the exact site where cryoablation had been performed. The coronary occlusion was tre...

The era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has led to substantial changes in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes and stable coronary heart disease, with an associated range of impacts on the course and outcomes of subsets of patients with these conditions. Interventional cardiology has moved from percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), with or withou...