transradial coronary angiography has been known as an alternative to the transfemoral approach with fewer serious complications. radial artery pseudoaneurysms present as a rare complication of transradial catheterization. although some methods have been applied for the obliteration of pseudoaneurysms, the use of radial bands such as the tr band ® (terumo medical corporation, somerset, nj) is a ...

background there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) in iran. objectives the present study aimed to investigate the relationship of anxiety, depression, diabetes and coronary artery disease among patients undergoing angiography in ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. patients and methods this case-control study was conducted between september 2011 and august 2012...

conclusions in most cases, the conus artery can be visualized in cardiac ct. a description of the conus artery should be a part of the standard clinical coronary ct angiography description. objectives to examine whether it is possible to visualize the conus artery in multi-slice computed tomography (ct). patients and methods in 79 consecutive patients (aged 56 ± 12.9 years; 13 women), 64-slice ...

conclusions: patent coronaries of ua/nstemi patients have a trend to higher tfcs compared to normal values. presence of significant coronary lesions in these patients significantly increases tfc. objectives: the present study is aimed to measure the tfc in the coronary arteries of ua/nstemi patients to find abnormalities in diseased or patent vessels and compare with the normal values. patients...

conclusions the study showed that preparation package was effective in decreasing sbp and dbp, as well as heart rate. therefore, using multimodal comprehensive preparation packages, such as the package used in the present report, is suggested. results from the total number of 66 patients, the 63.3% were male and married. no significant differences were observed between the mean of sbp and dbp a...

BACKGROUND Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is well established for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, yet little is known about candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS From 2006 to 2010, we retrospectively included in this registry 627 consecutive patients treated by coronary artery bypass graft surgery having at least 1 angiographically int...

This study evaluated the relationship between the location of the most severe coronary artery stenosis and the subsequent acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: Of 1590 patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of AMI, we identified 44 patients who had undergone previous myocardial perfusion SPECT. Thirty-one of these patients also had previous coronary angiography. The relationshi...

origination of the right coronary artery (rca) from the left anterior descending (lad) artery is a case of single coronary artery. it is an extremely rare coronary artery abnormality and usually an incidental finding during coronary angiography. a 73-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension arrived with chest pain. medical therapy started for st elevated myocardial ischemia. during h...

spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare and important cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. various etiologies are thought to be responsible for this condition, among which underlying atherosclerosis seems to be the most common. scad is predominant in women and is usually diagnosed via coronary artery angiography. therapeutic interventions include medical th...