OBJECTIVE The degree of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients is unknown. We investigated the degree of subclinical atherosclerosis and the relationship of traditional and nontraditional risk factors to early atherosclerotic disease using coronary computed tomography angiography. DESIGN AND METHODS Seventy-eight HIV-infected men (age 46.5 +/- 6.5 years and duration of ...

Objectives Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon, but important cardiac malformations, representing the second commonest cause of death in young athletes. Methods We utilized computerized tomographic angiography to screen and precisely delineate coronary artery anomalies in patients with minimal cardiac symptoms. Results During 3.5-year period, we performed 2888 computerized tomographic an...

Introduction: Coronary angiography is the most common angiographic procedure for diagnosis and treatment of the heart diseases. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the entrance surface dose (ESD), dose area product (DAP), as well as cancer risk in interventional cardiology procedures. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted during July-December 2015 at Shahid Madani Heart Center in Khorramabad...

A 65 year-old woman was admitted to our hospital, because of unconsciousness after chest and back pain. Echocardiography showed pericardial effusion. She suffered from pre-shock due to cardiac tamponade. Although a cause of cardiac tamponade was unclear, we performed emergency surgical treatment without coronary angiography. In operation, we found a rupture of coronary arteriovenous fistula and...

Congenital coronary artery anomalies are sporadically discovered in patients undergoing coronary angiography and in autopsy series. Although most anomalies are clinically insignificant, some may become causes of cardiovascular morbidities and mortality. Diagnosis is commonly made with conventional coronary artery angiography. The current development of modern cardiac computed tomography allows ...

OBJECTIVE Concern continues to be expressed about the long-term impact of coronary artery translocation after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of obstructions of the translocated coronary arteries by the use of selective coronary artery angiography. METHODS AND RESULTS 64 children (mean age 7.6 (SD) 1.5...

Anomalous right-sided left main coronary arteries and dual type IV left anterior descending arteries are rare coronary anomalies. In this case report, we present a 59 year old man with atypical chest pain and a combination of the above coronary anomalies as identified by selective coronary angiography and computed tomography angiography. To the best of our knowledge, the coincidence of these co...

abstract background: illness perception can affect health-related behaviors and disease outcomes. objectives: to determine the effect of an educational intervention of improving illness perception on some modifiable risk factors of coronary artery disease. methods: in this clinical trial, 100 patients undergoing coronary angiography that met the inclusion criteria were divided randomly into two...

conclusions our findings revealed that the severity of coronary artery stenosis is common in diabetic patients compared to nondiabetics. early diagnosis and treatment of cad in diabetic patients is recommended. results based on data found in our study, 93.8% of diabetic and 83.4% of nondiabetic patients were shown to suffer coronary artery stenosis. severe involvement (grade 3vd) of coronary ar...

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with cardiovascular events. Adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) plays an important role in atherosclerosis. We investigated whether plasma A-FABP is involved in renal function in patients with stable angina pectoris. METHODS A total of 221 patients with significant coronary artery stenosis were enrolled after coronary angiography...