an association between chlamydia pneumoniae (c. pneumoniae) and cardiovascular disease has been demonstrated. in this study, we aimed to study this potential relationship in 105 iranian patients. coronary artery specimens from 105 iranian patients undergoing cabg were analyzed by pcr method for c. pneumoniae. serological evaluation for c. pneumoniae igg and igm was performed using elisa. 53 spe...

severe coronary artery disease often coexists with peripheral vascular atherosclerosis. the assessment of the supra-aortic circulation is, therefore, of clinical relevance. we herein describe a case of coronary artery disease treated with surgical revascularization using the internal mammary artery and thereafter the progressive atherosclerotic disease of the native coronary arteries as well as...

familial hypercholesterolemia (fh) is a hereditary dislipidemia. patients present with extremely high level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c), which is due to mutation in the gene of ldl receptor. homozygous patients (hofh) whose incidence is 1 in 1.000.000 are at high risk of premature aortic valve stenosis, and coronary artery atherosclerosis. in homozygous individuals cardiovasc...

Background and Objectives: In spite of large number of studies conducted so far, sudden cardiac death remains an enigma and relative importance of acute coronary events as a trigger of sudden death is currently unclear. An autopsy study of heart was therefore planned to observe various histomorphological cardiac changes, and to determine the frequency association of acute coronary events and my...

atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in most parts of the world. this disorder affects mostly patients above the age 40 years. this case report introduces a 17 years old girl with early development of coronary artery disease who had severe coronary atherosclerosis that did not respond to medical and interventional treatment and underwent surgical operation in cardiac surgery department...

in patients requiring coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg), usually at least one of the internal mammary arteries is used. this study evaluates the degree of atherosclerotic involvement of the internal mammary artery (ima) in patients undergoing cabg. during two months period, 79 patients (66 male and 13 female with a medium age of 58 years) undergoing myocardial revascularization had a biops...

conclusion our results indicate that dsct coronary angiography provides high diagnostic accuracy for the evaluation of cad patients during daily routine practice of a referral cardiovascular setting. background there are numerous studies that address the diagnostic value of dual-source computed tomography (dsct) as an alternative to conventional coronary angiography (cca). however, the benefit ...

one of the leading causes of death in the world are cardiovascular diseases, among which coronary artery disease (cad) is the most common one. it occurs as a result of narrowing of the arteries which supply blood to the heart due to a theroma plaque formation. this kind of heart disease can be considered as a multifactorial one as genetic and environmental factors are involved in its incidence....

the left ventricular aneurysm is one of the most significant complications of myocardial infarction and is defined as the expansion of the ventricular wall. the coronary artery aneurysm is characterized by an abnormal dilation of the localized portion of the coronary artery, and its main cause is atherosclerosis. we herein report an unusual case of coronary artery and left ventricular aneurysms...