BACKGROUND Traditionally, information on coronary artery lesions is obtained from invasive coronary angiography (CAG). The clinical applicability and diagnostic performance of the newly developed 64-slice multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scanner in coronary angiographic evaluation is not well evaluated. METHODS Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) was performed in 345 patients...

Background: Anatomically myocardial bridging (MB) consists of either superficial myocardial fibers that traverse over the LAD or deep fibers that encircle the coronary artery. In this study, we present a patient with myocardial bridging, who was primarily diagnosed with coronary artery disease which did not properly respond to full-dose medical treatment but benefited from coronary artery bypas...

Introduction A coronary artery anomaly (CAA) is a congenital defect of one or more coronary arteries of the heart in terms of origin, number, course and termination of the artery. The exact mechanism of CAA development is not elucidated yet. CAA is associated with some other congenital heart diseases like tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great arteries and pulmonary valve atresia. Most CAA...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the role of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) and to investigate whether only the invasive coronary angiography (CAG) is sufficient in the diagnosis of the coronary artery disease (CAD) in women. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-four women (62±10 years) with known CAD were included in this study. They had echocardiography (ECHO), stress/rest gated MPS and invasiv...

conclusions the eft, as measured by echocardiography, with a cut off value 2.95 mm has a strong association with premature cad. results among baseline characteristics, waist circumference, triglyceride levels, cigarette smoking and history of statin use were significantly higher in the cad group. the body mass index (bmi) was significantly higher in the non-cad group. according to echocardiogra...

objectives to evaluate predictive value of vessel specific coronary artery calcium (cac) score in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease. patients and methods in this diagnostic test study we evaluated patients with coronary computed tomography angiography (ccta) and cac score which had been referred to two referral radiology center in tehran, iran and finally we selected 2525 patients ...

Stuck up and fracture of coronary angioplasty hardware are unwonted complications percutaneous interventions (PCI) for which surgical retrieval management is once in a while required. We present one case a 59-year-old diabetic, hypertensive gentleman who attended the emergency room (ER) with central chest pain 2 hours. After evaluation patient by physical noninvasive diagnostic tests, he w...