Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass--a surgical approach for...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left aortic sinus of Valsalva...translocation of the vessel origin, and coronary artery bypass grafting. We describe a 39...myocardial ischemia and an anomalous right coronary artery in whom we performed the new, minimally...

Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Review and Hypothesis Regarding Etiology

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Context.-Coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon condition...features, and pathophysiology of coronary artery aneurysm, particularly new research...without atherosclerosis causes coronary artery aneurysms in young children with...

Superdominant right coronary artery giving rise to left circumflex...

Southern Medical Journal;  February 1, 2007 ;     642 words ...To the Editor: Coronary artery anomalies are generally discovered...The failure to visualize a coronary artery in its expected anatomic site...angiography, a superdominant right coronary artery (RCA) was noted (Fig.), which...

MAYO CLINIC PUBLICATION REPORTS THAT IMATRON'S ULTRAFAST CT(R) CORONARY...

PR Newswire;  April 17, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Clinic Proceedings has reported that coronary artery scanning by electron beam CT (EBCT...effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery disease. The article by Dr. John Rumberger...Mayo Clinic and other institutions on coronary artery calcium and its quantification by...

Management of stable coronary artery disease. (includes patient...

American Family Physician;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Treatment strategies for coronary artery disease have evolved significantly...conducted to define the roles of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and medical therapy in patients with coronary artery disease. After the feasibility...

Cardiac adrenergic innervation is affected in asymptomatic subjects with...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......subjects with a very early stage of coronary artery disease without hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenoses, cardiac adrenergic innervation...volunteers with a high familial risk for coronary artery disease. Regional quantitative...

Coronary artery disease and lipid levels in women. (Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  May 1, 1992 ;     345 words ...Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death...relationship between lipid levels and coronary artery disease have not included women...relationship between lipid levels and coronary artery disease in women. Fasting lipid profiles...

Coronary artery bypass, stents tied to same cognitive...

Family Practice News;  January 1, 2008 ;     340 words ......term cognitive function following coronary artery bypass graft or stenting. This finding...function at 6 years in 152 patients whose coronary artery disease (CAD) was treated with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and 92 patients...

Exercise testing in screening for coronary artery disease.

American Family Physician;  October 1, 1989 ;     357 words ...Exercise Testing in Screening for Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease is an important cause of premature death...persons, Sox and colleagues analyzed data from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study, the Veterans Administration Cooperative...

Percutaneous intervention of left main coronary artery disease: a fresh...

Southern Medical Journal;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Percutaneous intervention of left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease is a class III...catheterization demonstrated diffuse coronary artery disease, including a 99% occlusion of the middle right coronary artery, and subtotal occlusion of the...

Nanobac Life Sciences Announces Positive Results of its Nanobacterial...

PR Newswire;  April 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......of antibodies to nanobacteria and coronary artery calcification (CAC) in asymptomatic...associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Results showed that...Epidemiology, Inflammatory Markers and Coronary Artery Calcification in Asymptomatic Presumed...

Lipoprotein(a) and progression of coronary artery disease. (adapted from...

American Family Physician;  October 1, 1994 ;     444 words ......has been associated with coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction...vein graft stenosis after coronary artery bypass surgery. Direct involvement...a) on the progression of coronary artery disease and its significance...

Assessing coronary artery disease with dipyridamole...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......vasodilation with dipyridamole for detecting coronary artery disease. Methods: Sixty-four patients...of tetrofosmin SPECT for detecting coronary artery disease were 85% and 55%, respectively...and 55% in patients without prior coronary artery bypass surgery. The overall sensitivity...

CAR-1. A life threatening rare congenital coronary artery anomaly...

Southern Medical Journal;  October 1, 2004 ;     296 words ......etiology in young people is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy followed by coronary artery anomalies and coronary artery disease. We describe a patient with a rare coronary artery anomaly that has been associated with sudden cardiac death. A 38...

A patient's guide to coronary artery disease, surgery

New Straits Times;  September 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Times 09-24-2000 A patient's guide to coronary artery disease, surgery Edition: New Sunday...after having been diagnosed to have coronary artery disease; more so when told to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). This...