PPT-May 3, 2018 1 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Presented by Name goes here CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Also known as Coronary Heart Disease Leading cause of death in men and women More than 700000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year Leading cause of heart failure. Ilona. . Blee. & Jonathan Tsun. The Heart. Right atrium. Right ventricle. Left ventricle. Superior vena cava. Inferior vena cava. Pulmonary artery. Aortic arch. Brachiocephalic artery. Left common carotid artery. What’s in the box?. CT Scan. Biopsy. I pretty much know what is in the box. Coronary artery disease?. Coronary artery disease?. CT Scan. Biopsy. I pretty much know the answer to this question. When they know, they’re good to go. A . semiquantitative. visual score that will help us to be aware of the anatomical complexity and to anticipate procedural difficulties. One drawback in these comparisons is that there is . heterogencity. Coronary Heart Disease. Affects 16 million people. Causes more than 600,000 death annually. Caused by impaired blood flow to the myocardium. Accumulation of atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries usual cause.. Table I 1 Right Coronary ArteryAortaLeft Coronary ArteryCircumex Artery Right Coronary ArteryAortaCircumex Artery Signs of Coronary Artery DiseaseYou may not have any signs or you may have:3DLQ� worldwide with age being the . most important . non-modifiable . risk . factor. . Prevalence of CAD in adults under 30 has been estimated to be very low . (Fig. 1. ), . however its true prevalence is unknown.. Radiology. . departement. La . rabta. . hospital. INTRODUCTION. The possibility to perform cardiac and coronary imaging was a major driving force behind an ongoing, rapid evolution of scanner technology, accompanied by improvements of software and post-processing tools. . Gunjan. . Gholkar. MD. Metro Heart and Vascular. Objectives. Show lots of pretty pictures. Raise awareness of current indications and clinical scenarios for which to consider CT . angiography. Interpretation of reports. vs.. . c. oronary artery bypass for multi-vessel disease: a meta-analysis. . Nirav C Patel MD, Jonathan M Hemli MD, Karthik Seetharam MD, Annapoorna Uttara BS, Derek R Brinster MD,. . Luigi Pirelli MD, Chad . Rajesh . Tota-Maharaj. , Michael J . Blaha. , . Ron . Blankstein. , . Leslee. J Shaw, . Roger . S Blumenthal, . Matthew . J . Budoff. , . Khurram. . Nasir. .. No disclosures for this presentation.. of Iowa, Iowa City; and Washington State University, Spokane.This study was approved by the institutional review board ateach participating center. Investigators at each center recordedpatient informa Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, coronary heart disease — what’s the dierence? Because these terms sound so similar, people use them interchangeably. This fact sheet will help you (CHD) is a narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. . . Coronary heart disease is usually caused by a condition called . atherosclerosis. , which occurs when fatty material and a substance called plaque build up on the walls of your arteries. This causes them to get narrow. As the coronary arteries narrow, blood flow to the heart can slow down or stop. This can cause chest pain (.