Stent entrapment and guide wire fracture during percutaneous coronary intervention in the same patient.

In the performance of increasingly complex PCI there remains an ever-present risk of stent entrapment and guide wire or other device fracture. We report the first case with stent dislodgement and guide wire fracture to occur simultaneously in the same patient.

Life-saving necklace: collateral circulation from the conus artery to the anterior descending artery.

We report a case of hyperacute inferior myocardial infarction with life-saving collateral circulation from the conus artery to the left anterior descending artery.

Predictors of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Objective: Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias associated with not only increased morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting but also increased healthcare costs. Many factors are associated with atrial fibrillation onset after coronary artery bypass grafting. We prospectively examined which factors could predict atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Assessment of P-wave duration and dispersion in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia.

Introduction: Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is defined as localized or diffuse dilatation of the epicardial coronary arteries. We sought to determine whether isolated CAE may alter P-wave duration and dispersion (PD).

Methods: The study population consisted of 26 patients (mean age: 61.

Expression of monocyte and lymphocyte adhesion molecules is increased in isolated coronary artery ectasia.

Background: Coronary artery ectasia is defined as localized or diffuse dilation of the coronary arteries exceeding the 1.5-fold of normal adjacent segment. Scarce data are available about the role of inflammation in coronary artery ectasia.

P-wave duration and dispersion in patients with coronary slow flow and its relationship with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction frame count.

Aim: P-wave dispersion (PD), and duration has been reported to be associated with inhomogeneous and discontinuous propagation of sinus impulses. The aim of this study was to investigate the PD in patients with coronary slow flow (CSF) phenomenon.

Methods: Study population included 48 patients with angiographically proven normal coronary arteries and slow coronary flow in all 3 coronary vessels (group I, 36 men; mean age, 54 +/- 9 years) and 32 subjects with angiographically proven normal coronary arteries without associated slow coronary flow (group II, 24 men, mean age, 53 +/- 10 years).

[Effects of beta-blockers on transmitral, pulmonary venous flows, and spontaneous echo-contrast grades in heart failure].

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate effects of metoprolol treatment on transmitral, pulmonary venous flows and spontaneous echo contrast in patients with heart failure.

Methods: Twenty-four patients (mean age: 55+/-8 years) with heart failure were enrolled to the study. All were given metoprolol succinate with titrated target dose of 50 mg/d controlled release tablets for 1 month.

Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva: a case report.

We report a case of 56-year-old man whose coronary angiography showed a single coronary artery arising from a single ostium in the right sinus of Valsalva.

Effects of dipper and non-dipper status of essential hypertension on left atrial mechanical functions.

Aim: This study was designed in order to investigate the effects of dipper and non-dipper status of hypertension on left atrial mechanical (reservoir, conduit and booster pump) functions with left atrial volume measurements by means of two-dimensional echocardiography in untreated systemic hypertensive patients.

Method: A total of 27 untreated dipper hypertensive patients, group I (15 female, 12 male, mean age 57+/-12 years); 23 untreated non-dipper hypertensive patients, group II (12 female, 11 male, mean age: 53+/-18 years); and 25 voluntary healthy individuals, group III (13 female, 12 male, mean age 53+/-10 years) were included into the study. Twenty-four hour blood pressure (BP) measurement was performed by the cuff-oscillometric method to evaluate the nocturnal decrease of BP.