background and objectives: the association between metabolic syndrome (mets) and hyperuricemia has been formerly studied mostly in healthy people in western countries. we tried to examine the relationship betweenhyperuricemia and mets in an iranian population undergoing coronary angiography. materials and methods: from march 2008 to september 2008, we studied 465 patients (260 men, 55.9%) unde...

Method A retrospective blind study was conducted evaluating 395 coronary angiographies, from January 2013 to August 2014. The insertion criteria was the angiography of all patients under investigation for coronary disease. The exclusion criteria were the angiographies of patients that already had any type ofpercutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). T...

UNLABELLED The first coronary angiography in Kosovo was completed in 2003. We analyzed coronary angiographies performed in our center from October 2003 until October 2009 divided into two 3-year periods. THE AIMS OF OUR STUDY WERE to compare the number of coronary angiographies completed in the two periods; to evaluate the prevalence of normal coronary angiographies diagnosed in the first per...

Coronary artery anomalies may involve the origin, course, and structure of epicardial coronary arteries and occur in less than 1% of the general population. Clinical presentation ranges from being completely asymptomatic to sudden death. Multi-detector computed tomography has come a long way in the diagnosis of coronary artery anomalies since the introduction of 4 rows of detectors in scanners,...

Coronary artery fistulas, including coronary pulmonary fistulas, are usually discovered accidently among the adult population when undergoing invasive coronary angiographies. We report here a 58-year-old woman with dual fistulas originating from the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary sinus to the main pulmonary artery, demonstrating noninvasively with multidetector-comp...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical applicability, efficacy, and safety of coronary angiography and angioplasty via a transradial approach in local Chinese patients. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All patients undergoing coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty between 1 January and 30 June 2004. INTERVENTIONS Transradial coronary angiog...

Left main coronary artery aneurysm (LMCAA) is an uncommon coronary abnormality seen in 0.1% of patients during routine diagnostic coronary angiographies. The most common etiology is atherosclerosis in acquired cases. However, it can also be a congenital malformation. We present the case of a 26 year-old female with a large LMCAA. She was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot initially.

Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare and their management is controversial. Their incidence varies from 1,5% to 5% of the coronary angiographies, with predilection of the right coronary artery. Unruptured coronary aneurysms are often silent and may remain undiagnosed. The etiology can be either congenital or acquired. We describe a case of a left anterior descending artery (LAD) aneurysm t...

Heart-related pathologies are among the most frequent health problems in western society. Symptoms that point towards cardiovascular diseases are usually diagnosed with angiographies, which allow the medical expert to observe the bloodflow in the coronary arteries and detect severe narrowing (stenosis). According to the severity, extension, and location of these narrowings, the expert pronounce...

We have read with interest the article by Jeetley et al. on the comparison of the clinical and economic impact of stress echo and exercise ECG for the assessment of acute coronary syndrome in patients with normal troponin. They showed that the cost of the exercise ECG approach was higher, mainly because of the higher performance of angiographies in this group (33 vs. 19%), which matches with th...