Rationale and Objectives The objective of this project was to establish consensus 2016
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) evidence-based guidelines for the …

The aim of this review is to give a comprehensive and concise overview of coronary
embryology and normal coronary anatomy, describe common variants of normal and …

Background Morphological features including interarterial course, intramural course, high
ostial location and slit-like ostium are presumed risk factors for sudden cardiac death in …

Prolonged and intensive exercise induces remodeling of all four cardiac chambers, a
physiological process which is coined as the “athlete's heart”. This cardiac adaptation …

Aims Anomalous origin of the coronary artery (AOCA) with an inter-arterial course (IAC)
between the great vessels poses a risk for a life-threatening cardiovascular event. We …

Anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (AAOCA) represents a rare congenital heart
disease. However, this disease is the second most common cause of sudden cardiac death …

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is now widely used in several fields of
cardiovascular disease assessment due to recent technical developments. CMR can give …

Cardiovascular computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) provides an understanding of
the three-dimensional (3D) coronary artery anatomy in relation to cardiovascular thoracic …

Background Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare
congenital anomaly. It is important to demonstrate the anomalous origin of the left coronary …

Objective This study aims to compare the value of a gadolinium contrast-enhanced 1.5-T
three-dimensional (3D) steady-state free precession (SSFP) sequence with that of a …