This study aimed to evaluate the role of gender in types and frequency of coronary artery aneurysm and ectasia.We assessed retrospectively the angiography records of 6100 patients. At first, we mainly reviewed angiographic movies for the presence of coronary ectasia and/or aneurysm. Consequently, based on the number of the coronary artery involvement, the coronary ectasia and aneurysm were grad...

iatrogenic coronary artery dissection during coronary angiography with or without rupture is a rare but feared complication . we herein report a case of iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection in a 49-year-old female. admitted to our hospital with a recent history of severe hypotension, she develpled apnea during angiography. she was intubated  and resuscitated with an epinephrine infus...

Introduction: Coronary artery disease secondary to atherosclerosis is the most common cause of mortality. Coronary angiography is the most precise method for determining the extent of disease in the coronary vascular bed. Arterial stiffness has been proposed as a marker of atherosclerosis in some studies. One of the noninvasive methods for the determination of arterial stiffness is Doppler echo...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon disease. It is defined as a coronary artery dilatation, exceeding the diameter of the normal adjacent segment or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary vessel by 1.5 to 2 times. Coronary artery aneurysms are typically diagnosed by coronary angiography. The prognosis of coronary artery aneurysm is not well known and the management is c...

A 64-slice computed tomography (CT)—coronary angio-graphy depicted a saccular aneurysm of the left coronary artery located at the bifurcation of the left main into the left anterior descending artery and the left circumflex artery (Fig. 1A). Coronary angiography confirmed the diagnosis (Fig. 1B). The LAD and CX themselves originated directly from the neck of the aneurysm (Fig. 2A and B). Fig. 1...

OBJECTIVES There are two types of late coronary dilated lesions after Kawasaki disease: new aneurysms and expanding aneurysms. The development of coronary dilated lesions late after Kawasaki disease was investigated. METHODS Between 1978 and 2003, 562 patients with coronary arterial lesions underwent selective coronary angiography on at least two occasions. RESULTS Of the 562 patients studi...

Coronary artery fistulas are a very rare cardiac anomaly. The reported Incidence of coronary artery fistula is 0.10.2% in all patients undergoing coronary angiography [1]. 26% of the patients with coronary artery fistula have associated coronary artery aneurysm. Giant coronary artery aneurysms with diameter exceeding 50 mm are extremely rare. As the aneurysm enlarges, complications related to v...

Coronary artery aneurysm is a rare clinical entity encountered incidentally 0.3-5% among patients who undergo coronary angiography. Even giant coronary artery aneurysm is much rarer with an incidence of 0.02% among all atherosclerotic cases. Due to rare occurrence and lack of controlled trials, clinical presentation, prognosis and management of giant coronary artery aneurysm are under controver...

INTRODUCTION Giant coronary artery aneurysm is an extremely rare form of coronary artery disease. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. Although it is usually asymptomatic, it may have various clinical presentations, including angina, myocardial infarction or sudden death. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old woman presented with edema of the upper and lower limbs,...