This review article focuses on the morphological and functional alterations that characterize
patients with myocardial bridges (MB) as well as the currently available diagnostic and …

Both the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study and the European Coronary Surgery
Study have provided only brief accounts of graft patency rates in their surgically treated …

Aims Collateral arteries are a common but inconsistent finding in coronary heart disease (CHD).
We endeavoured to review the methods for coronary artery collateral assessment, the …

ContextHigh-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is an inverse predictor of coronary
atherosclerotic disease. Preliminary data have suggested that HDL infusions can induce …

We examined 82 patients 10 years after saphenous-vein aortocoronary bypass surgery to
determine their angiographic status and to relate those findings to the risk factors for coronary-…

Postoperative angiographic studies were carried out at 1 month, 1 year, and 10 years in two
groups of patients: 238 patients with saphenous vein (SV) grafts and 40 patients with …

Background Oxidizing metabolites generated at the site of coronary angioplasty can induce
chain reactions that may lead to restenosis. Antioxidants may counter oxidative stress and …

To examine the role of antiplatelet therapy in the prevention of arterial re-Stenosis after
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), we conducted a randomized, double-…

Sequential control angiographic examinations were performed at 2 weeks, 1 year, 5 to 7 years,
and 10 to 12 years after aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass surgery in 82 unselected …

Clinical and angiographic features of 31 patients with anomalous coronpary artery origin are
reviewed. Of 17 aberrant circumflex arteries from the right sinus of Valsalva or artery, each …