The prevalence of myocardial bridging on multidetector computed tomography and its relation to coronary plaques.

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that the prevalence of myocardial bridging varies between ethnic groups, and that the segment proximal to the myocardial bridge is more prone to plaque formation.

Material And Methods: A total of 4500 patients who had undergone computerised tomography (CT) coronary angiography at our institute were studied for myocardial bridging. Data on the clinical profile and indication for CT coronary angiography in myocardial bridging were collected.

Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Development of Volume Overload and Elevated Estimated Pulmonary Pressure in Adults.

Objective: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is one of the rare congenital cardiac diseases with a prevalence of 0.4-0.7% of autopsies.

SYNTAX Score in Patients with High Computed Tomography Coronary Calcium Score.

Objectives: To study the conventional coronary angiogram ( CA) findings in patients with high coronary calcium on multidetector computed tomogram.

Materials And Methods: Fifty patients with coronary calcium high enough in its extent and location to interfere with the interpretation of a contrast-filled coronary artery for a significant lesion were studied with conventional CA. Framingham risk score (FRS), computed tomography (CT) coronary calcium score (CCS), and SYNTAX score (SS) from the CA were calculated by separate investigators who were blinded to other scores.

Wine Glass Sign and Empty Delta Sign: A Rare Imaging Presentation of Postpartum Encephalopathy in Dehydration.

Rapid correction of hyponatremia is a well-known cause of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis. But uncommonly seen and rarely reported in Hypernatraemia. We report a rare case presenting as postpartum psychosis, wherein imaging revealed myelinolysis of corticospinal tracts in wine glass distribution and empty delta sign due to cortical venous thrombosis.

Normal Proximal Coronary Artery Diameters in Adults from India as Assessed by Computed Tomography Angiography.

Introduction: The normative data of coronary artery size among Indians are sparse. It is often essential to know the coronary dimensions especially during interventions such as stenting to choose the appropriate size of the stent and to decide the very need for stenting. In current practice it is the luminal angiography which is most widely employed to assess the coronary artery size.

Angiographic profile and endovascular interventions in Takayasu's arteritis.

Background: Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare inflammatory, granulomatous vasculitis primarily involving the aorta and its major branches. Clinical and angiographic manifestations of the disease differ in various parts of the world.

Objectives: To analyze the clinical features, angiographic profile, and endovascular interventions in TA patients (pts).

Predictors of inhospital prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism: keeping it simple and effective!

The assessment of commonly available demographic, clinical, and easily calculable investigational parameters instead of the conventional complicated indices for prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism may help in triage in a simple and cost-effective way. Clinical, demographic, and investigational parameters were collected and utilized for the assessment of inhospital prognosis of acute pulmonary embolism in 200 consecutive patients admitted to our institute. Overall mortality was 18% and poor outcome at discharge was seen in another 18.

Thrombolysis With Single Bolus Tenecteplase Compared With Streptokinase Infusion in the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Pilot Study.

Objective: This study was planned to compare the efficacy of bolus regimens of tenecteplase (TNK) and 24 hours infusion of streptokinase (STK) in acute pulmonary embolism (APE) in a resource-poor setting.

Interventions: In all, 25 patients received injection of TNK, and 75 patients received infusion of STK over 24 hours.

Results: Pulmonary artery systolic pressure and right ventricular function were improved separately and significantly (P = .

Idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery-a case report.

Idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery (IDPA) is a rare anomaly presenting with enlargement of the pulmonary artery in the absence of an identifiable cause. The natural history of this silent but potentially life-threatening disease can be unpredictable. We report a case of IDPA in an 80-year-old female with a massively dilated pulmonary artery.