medical management, surgical excision, coronary bypass grafting (CABG), and percutaneous coronary interventions[1]
Coronary artery aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation of part of the coronary artery. This rare disorder occurs in about 0.3–4.9% of patients who undergo coronary angiography.[2]
children in developed countries, which include the formation of coronaryarteryaneurysms and myocarditis. While the specific cause is unknown, it is thought...
common. The heart, including coronaryarteryaneurysms, ventricular aneurysms, aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva, and aneurysms following cardiac surgery. The...
intracranial aneurysm, also known as a cerebral aneurysm, is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes...
attack. Coronary thrombosis is most commonly caused as a downstream effect of atherosclerosis, a buildup of cholesterol and fats in the artery walls. The...
include cigarette smoking, advanced age, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronaryartery disease. The pathophysiology of the disease is related to an initial...
result in coronaryartery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney disorders, depending on which body part(s) the affected arteries are located...
the largest artery in the body. Aortic rupture is a rare, extremely dangerous condition. The most common cause is an abdominal aortic aneurysm that has ruptured...
aneurysm as seen on ultrasound Left ventricular aneurysm as seen on ultrasound It should also not be confused with a pseudoaneurysm, coronaryartery aneurysm...
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronaryarteries such that part of the heart...
heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronaryarteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle...
Coronaryartery bypass surgery, also known as coronaryartery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery...
A pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, is a locally contained hematoma outside an artery or the heart due to damage to the vessel wall. The...
Coronary vasospasm refers to when a coronaryartery suddenly undergoes either complete or sub-total temporary occlusion. In 1959, Prinzmetal et al. described...
Testing for coronaryartery disease or carotid artery disease is of unclear benefit. While PAD is a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), there...
specific mechanism in each case. Structural heart disease, such as coronaryartery disease, is a common underlying condition in people who experience...
healthy epicardial coronaryartery consists of three layers, the tunica intima, media, and adventitia. Atheroma and changes in the artery wall usually result...
prolonged. Coronaryartery ectasia also increases the chance of developing large weak spots in the affected coronaryarteries, or aneurysms that can rupture...
vertebral artery dissection. People with an aneurysm of the aortic root and people with a history of migraine may be predisposed to vertebral artery dissection...
understanding speech, and problems seeing. If affecting coronary vessels, as in coronaryartery disease (including acute myocardial ischemia or a "heart...
Possible complications of renal artery stenosis are chronic kidney disease and coronaryartery disease. Most cases of renal artery stenosis are asymptomatic...
coronaryartery by the aneurysm. A ruptured aneurysm typically leads to an aortocardiac shunt and progressively worsening heart failure. An aneurysm of...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger than...
can be classified based on where it enters the circulation, either in arteries or in veins. Arterial embolism are those that follow and, if not dissolved...
and a false negative rate of 20–30%. When there is a blockage of the coronaryartery, there will be lack of oxygen supply to all three layers of cardiac...
Prinzmetal angina, vasospastic angina, angina inversa, coronary vessel spasm, or coronaryartery vasospasm, is a syndrome typically consisting of angina...
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