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International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1991 INTRODUCTIONIt is now well over 100 years since Latham1 postulated coronary artery spasm as a mechanism for angina pectoris. In 1889, Huchard2 suggested that coronary spasm, superimposed on organic lesions, might explain some aspects of ischaemic heart disease.
M T, Rothman, B, Khan
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Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries: a case report and review of the literature
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Although acute myocardial infarction is generally associated with obstructive coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction associated with normal coronary arteries is a well-known condition.
Iuliano Luigi +3 more
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Variant origin of three main coronary ostia from the right sinus of Valsalva: report of a rare case
Folia Morphologica, 2023 Observing anomalies in the origin of the coronary arteries is a rare but recognised scenario during coronarography. All the major coronary arteries originating from the right sinus of Valsalva is an extremely rare anomaly, its reported incidence being 0 ...
I. N. Dimitrova +6 more
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Coronary artery pathology [PDF]
Heart, 2007 The field of coronary artery pathology is overwhelmingly dominated by one disease—atherosclerosis. It is therefore not surprising that insight into the onset of symptomatic coronary artery diseases mainly stems from patients with plaques. Coronary atherosclerosis may lead to relatively benign symptoms, such as stable angina, due to bare stenosis or ...
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A case of anomalous coronary artery origin: The role of computerised tomography
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2016 Objective: To illustrate the utility of CT coronary angiography in the assessment of patients with anomalous coronary arteries. Methods: A 65-year-old woman who presented with a clinical history of unstable angina was investigated with both computerised ...
Jeeva John +2 more
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Indian Heart Journal, 2015 Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries are present in 0.2–1.4% of the general population. Dual right coronary artery is one of the rarest congenital anomalies (0.01%) of the coronary arteries.
Gauranga Majumdar +3 more
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Coronary Artery Anomalies [PDF]
Circulation, 1964 Twenty-two selected anomalies of the coronary arteries are related to cases previously reported in the literature. These are presented with simplified drawings and photographs in an attempt to provide a workable understanding of the practical problems such create for both the internist and surgeon.
H A, BLAKE +3 more
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Coronary Artery Vasospasm [PDF]
Korean Circulation Journal, 2018 Coronary artery vasospasm (CVS) is an important mechanism of myocardial ischemia and produces any of the manifestations of coronary artery disease from silent myocardial ischemia, to effort-induced angina and variant angina, to acute coronary syndrome including myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death.
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Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series MedicineBackground. A promising method for early detection of myocardial dysfunction is the evaluation of mechanical dyssynchrony of the left ventricular myocardium, the prognostic value of which in the diagnosis of 3-vessel lesions was shown only in a single ...
Barat kyzy Mehtieva Fatma +1 more
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Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background and objective: Computed tomography angiography is one of the best methods for knowing the detailed anatomy of coronary arteries and can successfully detect any variation of coronary arteries.
Zana Mustafa Mahmood +2 more
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