Coronary artery ectasia is a rare angiographical finding, and it accounts for less than 5% of all coronary angiograms. We report a case of a 55-year-old male patient who presented with fatigue and exertional chest pain. Paraclinical tests revealed cardiac ischemia and sinus node dysfunction, as well as coronary artery ectasia without significant coronary stenosis. Factors involved in cardiac is...

Control of the coronary circulation by the carotid sinus was studied in intact, unanesthetized dogs instrumented with Doppler ultrasonic flow probes on the left circumflex coronary artery, miniature pressure gauges in the aorta, and stimulating electrodes on the carotid sinus nerves. A radiofrequency pacemaker was used to stimulate the nerves in dogs at rest, during sleep, exercise, and after a...

Background Increased coronary sinus (CS) pressure can reduce myocardial ischemia by redistribution of blood from nonischemic to ischemic territories. The Coronary Sinus Reducer is a percutaneous implantable device designed to establish CS narrowing and to elevate CS pressure. In preclinical experiments, implantation of the Reducer was safe and was associated with improved ischemic parameters. I...

Some of coronary artery anomalies, such as origin of all coronary arteries from three separate ostiums in the right sinus of valsalva, represent a small amount of coronary anomalies. We describe a 63-year-old female patient which coronary angiogram revealed an origin of all coronary arteries from three separate ostiums in the right sinus of valsalva, with significant atherosclerotic plaque at t...

A 65-year-old male was referred to our team after the incidental finding of a large non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm on computed tomography (CT)-scan of the thorax. Further imaging with transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) excluded intracardiac shunting. Unusually, the aneurysm had ruptured into the interatrial septum and was seen to be compressing both atria. At operative intervention...

The autoregulation of norepinephrine (NE) release mediated by presynaptic alpha and beta adrenoceptors on sympathetic nerve terminals in the heart of pentobarbital-anesthetized dog was studied. NE overflow elicited by left cardiac sympathetic nerve stimulation was determined from the coronary sinus blood, by using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Intracoron...

AND ANOMALIES The right coronary artery (RCA) arises from the right coronary sinus and runs in the right AV groove (Fig. 5-1). Generally, the conus artery and the sinoatrial artery arise from the RCA. In approximately 85% of individuals, the posterior descending coronary artery arises from the RCA (defined as a right dominant coronary circulation). The left main coronary artery arises from the ...

Coronary sinus defects refer to interatrial communications that lie out of the confines of the atrial septum and leads from left to right shunt through the ostium of the coronary sinus. When associated with persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC), mild systemic desaturation may occur depending on the extent of unroofing of the coronary sinus. Isolated defects without PLSVC are rare. Three-di...

Catheter tip pH electrodes were used for continuous recording of coronary sinus and arterial pH during atrial pacing in 20 patients undergoing coronary arteriography for chest pain. An ischaemic response to atrial pacing was identified by the onset of angina and/or electrocardiographic abnormalities. Technically satisfactory coronary sinus recordings were obtained in 18 patients. Mean coronary ...