Medical treatment was as effective as surgery for patients with moderate to severe isolated stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery who had fractional flow reserve (FFR) of 0.80 or ...

A 66-year-old woman presented with chest pain and chest distress for 1 year.She had hypertension and hyperlipipemia as her coronary risk factors.Her baseline ECG showed QS type on V1-V4 leads ...

Background A 10-year-old boy presented with a history of severe angina on exertion. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed mild asymmetric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy localized to the ...

Interventional Cardiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan Guidewires such as BMW, Runthrough NS, SION, Athlete Eel Slender, and Whisper were tried to advance into the LAD, ...

The 3D CT data set can be evaluated by various post-processing techniques. Multiplanar reconstructions allow visualization of any cross-section through the volume. Oblique as well as curved ...

Figure 1. A – electrocardiogram showing no abnormalities; B – coronary artery calcium score of the patient; C, D – 3-dimensional (3D) coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) images showing ...

Minimally invasive bypass surgery and coronary-artery stenting are both accepted treatments for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. We compared the clinical ...

Background A 34-year-old postpartum woman presented at hospital with chest pain. She had experienced an uneventful delivery of a healthy infant and had no known coronary risk factors.

Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease. Hybrid CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET of coronary ...

A 34-year-old woman presented to the hospital after calling the emergency medical service (EMS) due to prolonged constrictive pain in her chest, which had come on suddenly at home. Records showed that ...