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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410156

A Rare Coronary Anomaly: Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery

Robert Tonks, MD, Rajiv Sharma, MD and Raj Baljepally, MD, FACC

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 26, 2019

Congenital anomalies of the coronary vasculature are usually asymptomatic and rare with an incidence of less than 1% and there are few cases reported of congenital absence of the left circumflex artery. It is important to recognize this anomaly and define the anatomy by left heart catheterization or coronary angiography by computerized tomography when considering percutaneous intervention or coronary artery bypass surgery on patients without a left circumflex artery. 71 yo male that recently mov...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410155

Predictors of Heart Failure Caused by Volume Overload Using an Irrigation Catheter during Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Taeko Sato, RN, Issei Yoshimoto, MD, Naoya Oketani, MD, Hideki Okui, MD, Yasuhisa Iriki, MD, Hitoshi Ichiki, MD, Ryuichi Maenosono, PhD, Fuminori Namino, MT, Masaaki Miyata, MD and Mitsuru Ohishi, MD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 14, 2019

Catheter ablation is an effective approach for managing patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Currently, irrigation catheters are widely used in AF ablation. This causes volume overload during the procedure and occasionally causes heart failure after the procedure. Volume overload during catheter ablation caused heart failure not only in the patient with reduced ejection fraction but also who with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart failure with preserved left ventricular eject...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410154

Angiographic Pattern of Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetic Patients Having Abnormal Ankle Brachial Index

Syed Haseeb Raza Naqvi, MBBS, FCPS, Han Naung Tun, MBBS, MD, Abdul Razzaq, MBBS, FCPS, Zubair Zaffar, MBBS, FCPS, Syed Nauman Ali, MBBS, FCPS, Haroon Babar, MBBS, FCPS and Tariq Abbas, MBBS, FCPS, FRCP

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: August 09, 2019

A total of 115 patients were included in the study. The mean age of patients was 62.40 years with standard deviation of 2.78 years. Majority of the patients in the study were male (68.7%). Mean ABI was of study participants was 1.2 with standard deviation of 0.58 while mean duration of disease was 3.2 years with standard deviation of 0.7 years. 97 of the study participants were hypertensive and 18 were smokers. A total of 28 patients (24.3%) did not have CAD as per angiography while the rest had...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410153

The Impact of Transcatheter Aortıc Valve Implantatıon on Neutrophıl to Lymphocyte Ratıo: A Retrospective Study

Abdulmecit Afsin, MD, Veysi Kavalcı, MD, Zeynep Ulutas, MD, Hakan Kaya, MD, Erdal Akturk, Arif Suner and Necip Ermis

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: August 03, 2019

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a novel therapeutic option for patients with severe aortic stenosis who have been considered inoperable or high risk for conventional surgical aortic valve replacement. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of TAVI on neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR). A total of 97 patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing TAVI in our clinic were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups based on valve t...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-2951/1410152

Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection during Breastfeeding Treated with CABG Complicated by Severe Ventricular Disfunction and Left Ventricular Thrombosis

Nicolo Sisti, MD, Giulia Elena Mandoli, MD, Antonio Pagliaro, MD, Giuseppe Guerrieri, MD, Carlotta Sciaccaluga, MD, Matteo Cameli, MD, PhD, Sergio Mondillo, MD and Serafina Valente, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 18, 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) should always be suspected in presence of chest pain during post-partum, since it is one of the possible causes. Strategies for the management of such disease and its complication are not still clearly encoded. A 40-years-old woman was referred with chest pain, started while breastfeeding, associated with an EKG pattern suggesting ischemia. After hospital admission, coronary angiography was performed showing a Type 1 left main coronary dissection. Gi...

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