Objective Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare entity, with an incidence of 0.2% among patients who undergo coronary angiography. Here, we describe a case of SCAD, which caused…
Aim Mortality of patients from STEMI or NSTEMI mainly depends on the burden of thrombotic process and myocardial injury and consequently the irreversible loss of myocardial function. Platelet indices could…
Aim Recently it has been reported that eosinophil could be associated with the myocardial injury and the burden of thrombosis in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). In this pilot study we…
Objective Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and uric acid levels measured in patients with acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation (NSTEMI) are important in the diagnosis and in predicting the prognosis….
A 53 year old man with the history of hypertension and asthma was admitted to our emergency department with severe crushing chest pain of 2-hour duration. He was smoker and…
Aim Patients with myocardial bridging is generally accompanied with abnormal ST segment or T wave changes either on resting ECG or exercise stress test. It was reported that various types…
Introduction Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver dysfunction in western countries. In addition, it is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic heart disease. Recently,…
Aim Various types of ST segment or T wave changes on treadmill test (TT) which could be associated with presence of coronary artery disease have been described previously. Myocardial bridging…
Objectives Aneurysm of coronary artery especially left main coronary artery is a rare condition and its incidence is approximately %0.1 of patients who had routine angiography. The most cause of…
Objective Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide and may be the first manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD). The current study was carried out…
