Coronary angiography is an invasive procedure that utilises X-ray imaging and contrast medium to visualise the coronary vasculature guide management. Current National Institute for Health Care Excellence guidance aims provide within 72-hours patients with high-risk (GRACE>3%) non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) late-presenting (>12 hours) ST-elevation (STEMI).

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 ...

Dissection of the basilar artery is rare. We report a 51-year-old man who developed acute pontine infarction associated with dissection of the distal basilar artery. There was no trauma or unaccustomed movement of the head and neck prior to the stroke. The dissection was diagnosed non-invasively by magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography. Cervicocerebral artery dissection ...

Noninvasive imaging of coronary artery disease is rapidly replacing angiography as the first line of investigation. Multislice CT is the non-invasive modality of choice for imaging coronary artery disease and provides high speed with good spatial resolution. CT coronary angiography in addition to detecting and characterising atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is also a good imaging tool fo...

UNLABELLED With the popularization of new imaging technology, more people are deciding to undergo non-invasive studies such as multidetector computerized tomography (MDCT) before receiving coronary angiography. For this reason, coronary anomalies of coronary artery are being encountered more frequently. We here report a 68-year-old male presenting with typical angina. The MDCT images suggested ...

Coronary magnetic resonance angiography (CMRA) allows a noninvasive assessment of the coronary anatomy without exposing the patients to radiation. It is also superior to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for the evaluation of luminal narrowing in heavily calcified coronary segments. We report a case with triple-vessel disease, but it could not be accurately assessed by CCTA becaus...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) has an age-adjusted prevalence of 12% in the United States, causes significant morbidity and is associated with excess cardiovascular mortality. Contrastenhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) often substitutes for the more invasive ―gold standard‖ procedure of digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Given the frequency of renal functional impairment in...