Background: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV -vascular typeis an inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by several clinical features: easy bruisability, translucent skin, acrogeria and uterine, intestinal or arterial rupture. The arteries most frequently involved are the iliac, splenic, renal arteries and the aorta. Diagnosis is made utilizing clinical criteria (Beighton) and collagen...

Although dual left anterior descending arteries are found in about 1% of the population, identification and localization these coronaries remains a challenge for cardiac surgeons throughout coronary artery bypass graft surgery. We present case (LAD) disease highlight techniques used identifying vessels.

Retrograde dissection of the aorta is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. We describe a case of retrograde aortic dissection, which occurred during attempted percutaneous transluminal coroanary angioplasty (PTCA) of chronically occluded left anterior descending artery (LAD). Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed to...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome occurring predominantly in young women without any cardiovascular risk factors, especially during the peripartum and early postpartum period. Here, we report a case of a 28-year-old pregnant woman who was found to have an isolated distal SCAD of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Coronary angiograph...

Dissection of a coronary artery is a recognised and significant complication of diagnostic coronary angiography that often requires emergency coronary artery bypass grafting. A coronary stent was used to treat this complication. This technique has potential advantages in terms of speed of reperfusion and availability in centres performing diagnostic angiography without surgical cover on site.

background  : on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery impairs gas exchange in the early postoperative period. the main object on this study was evaluation of changes in arterial blood gas values in patients underwent on pump cabg surgery receiving different dose of intravenous nitroglycerin (ntg). methods : sixty-seven consecutive patients undergoing elective on-pump cabg randomly e...

abstract background and objectives: patients are oriented towards spirituality after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). the aim of this study was to explore the patients’ spiritual experiences after cabg. methods: this qualitative study was conducted using hermeneutic phenomenology. 11 participants (7 males and 4 females) were interviewed in tehran heart center hospital in 2013 using maxim...

background: redo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) is associated with a higher risk of mortality than the first operation. however, the impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) on the outcome in such patients is currently unclear. we evaluated the in-hospital and six-month clinical outcomes of post-cabg patients who underwent pci in our center. methods: between april 2008...