background: the purpose of this study was to examine symptoms of acute coronary syndrom (acs) with resect to sex differences. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study was performed on patients older than 20 years with acs who were hospitalized at cardiac wards. sampling was performed through stratified sampling on the basis of sex. five hundred male and female patients met all eligiblity...

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI ) are common types of acute coronary syndrome which are associated with the risk factors of age, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Objective: The present study aimed to examine the effects of age on the risk factors and clinical sym...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and sudden death. It usually occurs in young women during the peripartum period; however, it had also been reported in older aged males having risk factors for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. CASE REPORT This case describes a 69-year-old male patient who presented with manifestat...

Occlusion of a coronary artery by an acute type A aortic dissection presents a life-threatening emergency that is rarely seen and easy to misdiagnose. We present the case of a 75-year-old male who experienced sudden onset of severe left-sided chest pain due to an acute type A aortic dissection that obstructed the right coronary artery. Following an initial misdiagnosis of acute coronary syndrom...

triggering of acute myocardial infarction   m. salehian [1]     abstract     coronary heart disease (chd) is the leading cause of death in the united states each year about 450.000 people die from chd, and 1.000.000 experience an initial or recurrent coronary event. plaque rupture and it's its subsequent thrombosis at the site of the plaque rupture is the most common underlying pathophysio...

inflammatory basis in pathopoiesis of coronary artery disease (cad) have been demonstrated in recent decades. elevated c-reactive protein (crp) and leukocytosis were associated with an elevated risk   for acute coronary syndrome (acs). to evaluate the relationship between quantitative crp and cardiac troponin i in conjunction with white blood cell (wbc) count and 30 days outcomes and treatment ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has gained attention as a key cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death among women. Recent advancements in cardiac imaging have improved identification and accelerated awareness of SCAD. Accurate diagnosis of SCAD through use of imaging is critical, as emerging evidence suggests that the optimal short- and long-term management strat...

Intramural hematoma in major coronary epicardial vessels is a rare cause of chest pain. Afflicted individuals may present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or even sudden cardiac death. Spontaneous, isolated intramural hematoma may occur in the absence of associated intimal dissection. In this situation, lesions may be angiographically indistinguishable from ruptured atherosclerotic plaque...

Coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome with affection of Left Main Coronary artery in such case is rarest of rare in clinical practice.This rare diagnosis is rarely thought of as a cause of STEMI. Routine Thrombolysis in such cases can be a double edged sword by increasing the progression of dissection and can be catastrophic!