Angiographic characteristics of coronary artery fistulas.

Objectives: Coronary artery fistula (CAF) in adults is a rare form of coronary artery anomaly. It is often diagnosed incidentally during coronary angiography. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and angiographic characteristics of adult patients with CAF.

A case of aortic aneurysm hospitalized as acute coronary syndrome.

Saccular type of thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rarely seen phenomenon. Here, we present a case of saccular-type aortic aneurysm admitted to coronary care unit with a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. A 63-year-old woman presented to our clinic with chest pain lasting for 2-3 hours.

Isolated single coronary artery: a series of 10 cases.

Background: Isolated single coronary artery (SCA) is an extremely rare congenital coronary anomaly. Some subgroups of SCA can lead to angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction or even sudden death in the absence of atherosclerosis. Young patients, especially, have the risk of serious clinical events, but middle-aged-to elderly patients have a variable clinical course.

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.

Effects of acute hypoxia on left and right ventricular contractility in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effects of acute hypoxia on left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) contractility in clinically stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Eleven male patients (mean age 52.4 +/- 12.

Emergency stenting of unprotected left main coronary artery after acute catheter-induced occlusive dissection.

Left main coronary artery dissection occurs very rarely during selective coronary angiography, but it generally progresses to complete coronary occlusion. The traditional treatment of occlusive dissection of the unprotected left main coronary artery has been surgical. Percutaneous treatment has been sporadic and controversial.

Origin and distribution anomalies of the left anterior descending artery in 70,850 adult patients: multicenter data collection.

Objectives: To present the clinical and angiographic properties of the left anterior descending artery anomalies.

Background: Coronary artery anomalies are discovered in less than 1% of angiography series. Since the number of angiographies and coronary bypass operations are increasing significantly every day, these anomalies are of clinical importance.

Current role of laser angioplasty of restenotic coronary stents.

Treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) with conventional percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) causes significant recurrent neointimal tissue growth in 30-85%. Therefore, laser ablation of intrastent neointimal hyperplasia before balloon dilation can be an attractive alternative. However, the long-term outcomes of such treatment have not been studied thoroughly enough.

Femoral pseudoaneurysm due to diagnostic or interventional angiographic procedures.

The authors investigated the incidence of, diagnostic methods for, and treatment strategies for iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysms in their hospital and compared the results with those in the literature. The hospital records of 25,273 patients who had coronary or peripheral angiography and angioplasty in Sani Konukoglu Medical Center from September 1997 to December 2002 were collected retrospectively. All the complications were detected and femoral pseudoaneurysm cases were selected.

The effects of short term (3 weeks) testosterone treatment on serum inflammatory markers in men undergoing coronary artery stenting.

Objective: Inflammation markers can predict restenosis after successful intracoronary stenting. There is evidence that testosterone suppresses the expression of the inflammatory cytokines. We hypothesized that testosterone therapy after coronary stenting can reduce the inflammation markers.

Management of 28 consecutive iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysms with ultrasound-guided compression.

We attempted to evaluate nonsurgical methods of treating postcatheterization iatrogenic femoral pseudoaneurysms at our hospital and compared the results with those in the literature. The hospital records of 25 273 patients who underwent femoral catheterization at our institution from September 1997 to December 2002 were collected retrospectively. All complications were detected and femoral pseudoaneurysm cases were selected.

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.