[Right corbnary artery aneurysms in patient with suspicion of heart tumor].

Coronary arteries aneurysms are rare occurring abnormalities, concerning mostly right coronary artery. We present a case of a 60-year old man who underwent magnetic resonance (MRI) due to suspicion of cardiac tumor in the previously performed echocardiography. MRI examination suggested right coronary artery aneurysm.

[Anomalous right upper pulmonary venous drainage into the superior vena cava with coexistence sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD)].

Article presents a case of a 71-year old woman with pulmonary right upper venous drainage into the superior vena cava and with coexistence sinus venous type Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) which was revealed as interesting finding in multislices computed tomography angiography during estimation of coronary arteries.

[Cystic lesion in the topography of occluded aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass].

Article presents a case of a 66-year old manwith a pericardial cyst, localized in tlhe topography of an occluded aorto-ccoronary saphenous vein graft. The lesion was revealed in computed tomogrnaphy and also evaluated in the subsequently performed magnetic resonance.

Osteoprotegerin, but not osteopontin, as a potential predictor of vascular calcification in normotensive subjects.

We conducted a cross-sectional observation study that included 500 asymptomatic subjects to investigate the relationship between bone metabolism and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in hypertensive conditions. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and osteopontin (OPN) levels and their associations with hypertension were analyzed to predict CAC in 316 subjects. Multislice computed tomography was used to quantify CAC.

[Use of magnetic resonance in the diagnostics of ischemic heart disease].

The role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic tool of coronary arteries disease has increased over the last years. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a preferable tool in assessment of ventricular mass and function, presence and size of post infarct scaring and anomalies of coronary arteries. CMR becomes also a useful method in evaluation of myocardial viability.

[Assessment of coronary artery stents in computed tomography: state of the art].

Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with stent implantation play an important role in the revascularization therapy of coronary artery disease. Introduction of drug eluting stents (DES) diminished problem of restenosis but brought several new major problems like i.e.