Cardiac catheterization was done for the first time 25 years ago by Forssman,’ who performed the maneuver on himself. However, this procedure was employed in the study and diagnosis of heart disease only after Cournand and Ranges2 demonstrated the value and safety of the method in 1941. The method was subsequently completed by the addition of several collateral techniques. The most useful appli...

Type A Aortic intramural haematoma (IMH), a variant form of classic aortic dissection, has been accepted as an increasingly recognised and potentially fatal entity acute syndrome.It is very dangerous, fatal, emergency condition. It important to recognize the symptoms syndrome related appropriate management Case Illustration 52 year old man patient suffered from chest pain with moderate intensit...

Introduction: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is considered as an independent predictor of long-term prognosis in the individual patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study sought to assess the relationship between NLR and CAD severity in Iranian patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.Material and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 500 patients with acute cor...

BackgroundIatrogenic type A aortic dissection is a rare complication of surgical and nonsurgical cardiac procedures associated with high morbidity. The purpose this study was to describe the intraoperative incidence, management, outcomes iatrogenic dissections at our institution.MethodsRetrospective review institution’s adult surgery database performed between 2002 2018 identify all repairs. Op...

TOPIC: Cardiovascular Disease TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a of an epicardial that non-iatrogenic, non-traumatic, and not associated with atherosclerosis. Pregnancy-related SCAD (P-SCAD) accounts for approximately 10% all cases higher incidences ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, death. CAS...

In this issue of Circulation, Detre et all review the incidence and outcome of periprocedural coronary artery occlusion following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in the second phase of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) PTCA Registry. This registry examined the results in 1,801 patients managed during 1985-1986 with an initial PTCA not in the setting o...

Background We wished to evaluate whether differences in the rate of invasive cardiac procedures between men and women with acute myocardial infarction are associated with different shortand long-term mortality. Methods and Results The database (Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System, MIDAS) included all discharges for the years 1986 and 1987 with the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarct...