The angiographic aspects of myocardial bridges in Turkish patients who have undergone coronary angiography.

Introduction: Little is known of the clinical significance of myocardial bridges, which may be recognised as the narrowing of the systolic coronary artery as seen in an angiography. In this study, our goal was to review the literature information about the anatomic aspects, the clinical manifestations and implications, and the angiographic characteristics.

Materials And Methods: The angiographic data of 7200 adult patients undergoing coronary angiography were retrospectively analysed for the diagnosis of myocardial bridge.

Complications of cardiac catheterization: a single-center study.

In Turkey as well as in the whole world, cardiac catheterization is an invasive intervention that is being increasingly used both for diagnosis and treatment. With technological and pharmacologic development and experience, the indications for this intervention are ever increasing. This invasive intervention brings, of course, some complications with it.

Frequency in the anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery with angiography in a Turkish population.

We estimated the frequency of anatomic variations in origin of the left coronary artery in a Turkish population by analyzing the angiographic data of 10,042 consecutive adult patients undergoing coronary angiography. Among 10,042 adult patients, 5 (0.04%) patients (4 men and 1 woman, age range 40-74, median 58 years old) had anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery.

Single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva (case report).

A single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries where only one coronary artery arises from the aortic trunk by a single coronary ostium, supplying the entire heart. We report a case of a 70 years-old man with mitral valvular insufficiency and atherosclerotic right and left circumflex coronary arteries, in whom coronary angiography showed a single coronary artery arising from a single ostium in the right sinus of Valsalva (R-II-B subtype) and transverse trunk coursed between aorta and pulmonary artery. The clinical significance and subtype of the single coronary artery are discussed.

Single coronary artery arising from the left sinus of valsalva.

A single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries where only one coronary artery arises from the aortic trunk by a single coronary ostium, supplying the entire heart. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman with atypical chest pain, in whom coronary angiography showed a L-I subtype single coronary artery (arising from a single ostium in the left sinus of valsalva) without associated cardiovascular disease. The clinical significance and subtype of the single coronary artery are discussed.

Variants in origin of the left circumflex coronary artery with angiography.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the anatomic variations in the origin of the left circumflex coronary artery in a Turkish population.

Method: This study was carried out at the Sani Konukoklu Medical Center, Gaziantep, Turkey, during the period January 1999 through to May 2001. The angiographic data of 10,042 consecutive adult patients who underwent coronary angiography was analyzed for anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery.

Frequency in the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery with angiography in a Turkish population.

Objective: The estimate frequency of anatomic variations in origin of the right coronary artery in a Turkish population.

Material And Method: The angiographic data of 5253 consecutive adults patients undergoing coronary angiography were analysed retrospectively for the diagnosis of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery.

Results: Among 5253 adults patients, five (0.