results the mean ages in case and control groups were 60.8 ± 6.8 and 57.5 ± 11.5 years, respectively, with no significant difference (p = 0.09). thirty patients (54.5%) in case and 32 (58.2%) in control groups were male with no significant difference (p = 0.7). cmv-dna was present in 8 (14.5%) of the cases and 2 (4%) of the controls. cmv-dna was associated with higher risk of atherosclerosis (o...

Background: This study assessed the application value of 64-slice spiral computed tomography angiography (CTA) in a follow-up evaluation of patients receiving coronary stent implantation. Materials and Methods: A total of 468 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at our hospital between January 2013 and October 2016 were selected for this study. Coronary angiography an...

To study the newly mentioned significance of the obstructive lesion morphology in coronary artery disease (CAD), a study has been designed to compare this feature between patients having stable angina (SA) or unstable angina (UA) who underwent coronary angiography in Tehran Heart Institute. Study objectives were detection of the angina producing artery (AP A) and its morphologic lesion typ...

Background: Coronary angiography consists of the selective injection of contrast agents in coronary arteries. Optimal strategy for heparin administration during coronary angiography has yet to be determined. We assessed the effect of heparin administration during coronary angiography on vascular, hemorrhagic, and ischemic complications.Methods: Five hundred candiates for diagnostic coronary ang...

Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly with high rate of mortality in first year life. It one the most common causes cardiomyopathy and myocardial ischemia children. In present scenario, computed tomography (CT) angiography sufficient for diagnosis ALCAPA, eliminating need invasive angiography. CT performed infants suspicion ALCAPA technically challe...

to study the newly mentioned significance of the obstructive lesion morphology in coronary artery disease (cad), a study has been designed to compare this feature between patients having stable angina (sa) or unstable angina (ua) who underwent coronary angiography in tehran heart institute. study objectives were detection of the angina producing artery (ap a) and its morphologic lesion type, de...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible mechanism and the clinical significance of transient atrioventricular block (AVB) during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE). BACKGROUND Transient AVB occurs rarely during DSE; however, the mechanisms responsible for blocks are unclear. METHODS A retrospective analysis of clinical, echocardiographic, catheterization, ...

conclusions cgm is a non-invasive technique recently developed for quantitative three-dimensional vectorial analysis of myocardial activity and detection of ischemia and infarction. this technique is clearly more sensitive and more specific than a standard resting 12-lead ecg. results the coronary angiography showed a normal coronary artery in 263 patients (67.4%). a median of cgm score was 1 (...

background although the aim of cardiac computed tomographic angiography (cta) is to visualize the cardiac, coronary, and great vessels, portions of noncardiac structures such as lung, mediastinum, bones and abdomen are visible on the scan. some have suggested that the scans should be evaluated in all field of view. some other believe that reporting accidental findings can lead to unnecessary fo...