INTRODUCTION Kawasaki disease is regarded as systemic vasculitis. Many experts believe that not only coronary arteries but also other small arteries are involved during the period of systemic inflammation. However, the evidence to support this point view is limited. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a one-year-four-month-old Taiwanese girl whose patent ductus arteriosus was incidentally...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether women presenting with suspected angina would show less severe coronary artery disease in than men as determined by the extent score. METHODS We examined 994 participants of the Australian Heart Eye Study presenting for coronary angiography in the investigation of chest pain from June 2009 to February 2012. People were excluded if there was a history of coronar...

Little is known of the functional capacity of coronary collaterals in humans without occlusive coronary artery disease. We, therefore, measured peripheral coronary pressure (PCP) and retrograde flow (RF) from coronary arteries at aortic valve replacement in seven patients without occlusive coronary artery disease. Using a T-connection interposed in left (LCA) and right (RCA) coronary perfusion ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in developed nations. We hypothesized that CAD is associated with distinct patterns of protein expression in the coronary arteries, and we have begun to employ proteomics to identify differentially expressed proteins in diseased coronary arteries. Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis of proteins and subsequent ma...

background although the aim of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (cta) is to visualize the cardiac, coronary, and great vessels, portions of noncardiac structures such as lung, mediastinum, bones and abdomen are visible on the scan. some have suggested that the scans should be evaluated in all field of view. some other believe that reporting accidental findings can lead to unnecessary fo...

BACKGROUND Bisphenol A is widely used in food and drinks packaging. There is evidence of associations between raised urinary bisphenol A (uBPA) and increased incidence of reported cardiovascular diagnoses. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To estimate associations between BPA exposure and angiographically graded coronary atherosclerosis. 591 patients participating in The Metabonomics and Genomic...

Intercoronary arterial connection between normal coronary arteries is a rare variant of coronary anatomy in which there is open-ended circulation. It is distinguished from collaterals seen in the occlusive coronary artery disease. We report a case of bidirectional intercoronary communication between the left circumflex artery and the right coronary artery without occlusive coronary artery disea...

In a significant number of patients with symptoms angina pectoris or myocardial infarction ischemic changes in the myocardium, according to results instrumental research methods, there is no hemodynamically stenosis coronary arteries. these cases, vasospastic microvascular dysfunction considered cause heart disease. Coronary caused by several pathological mechanisms that structural and function...

Introduction. Myocarditis is a common diagnosis, but its etiology often remains unknown as it requires extensive diagnostic work. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) or Churg-Strauss syndrome very rare systemic disease, which not easy to diagnose. in EGPA and usually occurs the late stages of disease. Case report. A 22-year-old man was admitted acute coronary (ACS). Coronary an...

A new catheter which measures instantaneous changes in coronary artery blood flow velocity is described. The linear relationship between flow velocity is described. The linear relationship between flow velocity measured with the catheter and volume flow through small arteries is documented with a correlation coefficient of 4=0.99. Coronary flow velocity has been measured from the proximal right...