A 59-year-old man with inferior acute myocardial infarction underwent an urgent coronary angiography and as a result a total occlusion of the ostial right coronary artery (RCA) was observed. Interestingly, the thrombus in the RCA clearly shortened within 2.3 s during the contrast media injection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of renal insufficiency after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with increases in morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have reported that hyperuricemia (HU) results in hypertension, intrarenal vascular disease, and renal injury. We postulated that HU contributes to progressive renal disease after PCI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of the amount of perfusion-metabolic mismatch in revascularized patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction by means of Thallium (Tl)-201 and BMIPP imaging.
Methods: Seventy-six patients with LV dysfunction and coronary artery disease underwent Tl-201 and BMIPP imaging. They were revascularized with either coronary artery bypass graft or balloon angioplasty and were entered into this study.