Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an established marker to predict major cardiovascular events (MACE), and has incremental value over traditional risk factors (CVRF). CAC widely available, easily reproducible, used in nearly all coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) assessment protocols for disease (CAD). The distribution extent of CAC, its prognostic implications local Malaysian patie...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Non-invasive coronary artery angiography by 16 multidetector-row spiral computed tomography is a novel diagnostic tool whose reliability is still unclear. The aim of our study was to compare this technique with invasive coronary angiography. PATIENTS AND METHOD A total of 31 selected patients were examined with both angiographic methods. Non-invasive studies were p...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study is to evaluate cardiac risk factors and risk scores for prediction of coronary artery disease (CAD) and adverse outcomes in an emergency department (ED) population judged to be at low to intermediate risk for acute coronary syndrome. METHODS Informed consent was obtained from consecutive ED patients who presented with chest pain and were evaluated with cor...

An 80-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of chest discomfort. Emergent coronary angiography revealed bilateral coronary artery fistulas (CAFs) and severe stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) followed by successful coronary intervention. Threedimensional volume rendered computed tomography angiography (CTA) (Aquilion 16 TSX-101A, Toshiba, Otawara, Japan) images ...

t akotsubo cardiomyopathy (tcm), also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a clinical syndrome of transient left ventricular (lv) apical wall motion abnormality with relative preservation of the basal heart segments in the absence of any significant atherosclerosis. recurrence of this condition is rare. we report a postmenopausal woman, who experienced two episodes of tcm within 4 months ...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetics are at increased risk for vascular events, but the value of further risk stratification for coronary heart disease (CHD) in asymptomatic subjects is unclear. We examined the added value of coronary computed tomography angiography over clinical risk scores (United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study), and coronary artery calcium in a population-based cohort of asymptom...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in most developed countries [1]. CAD is a common and sometimes disabling disorder, although medication therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting have developed recently. Medical doctors need to prevent from developing acute coronary syndrome. The development of non-invasive cardiac ...