Normal RCA with posterior interventricular (PIV) artery running inferiorly, and the posterior lateral branches branching superiorly in this view. (Courtesy of Toronto General Hospital Catheterization Laboratory)

Normal left coronary artery (LCA) with the circumflex system inferior to the left anterior descending (LAD) artery in this view. (Courtesy of Toronto General Hospital Catheterization

Schematic

Schematic of coronary vessels, anterior view.

Normal RCA with posterior interventricular (PIV) artery running inferiorly, and the posterior lateral branches branching superiorly in this view. (Courtesy of Toronto General Hospital Catheterization Laboratory)

Normal left coronary artery (LCA) with the circumflex system inferior to the left anterior descending (LAD) artery in this view. (Courtesy of Toronto General Hospital Catheterization

Schematic

Schematic of coronary vessels, anterior view.

This patient had two stents installed in this LAD, which you can see as cylindrical shapes within the vessel.

LAD with 95% stenotic lesion distal to diagonal branches. (Courtesy of Toronto General Hospital Catheterization Laboratory)

Stenosis of LAD, as well as the circumflex.

TEE Probe
Probe used in transesophageal echocardiogram. (Courtesy of Dr. Chi-Ming Chow)

TTE: Transthoracic echocardiogram with Doppler ultrasound showing the four chambers and blood flow. (Courtesy of Dr. Chi-Ming Chow)

Histological view of an atherosclerotic fatty plaque. (courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

Cross-sections of multiple arteries from a patient with atherosclerosis, seen as white fatty plaque occluding the arterial lumen. Various degrees of stenosis are seen. Some of vessels showed evidence of plaque rupture and formation of a fully occluding thrombus (black arrows). (courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

Gross anatomical view of an aortic dissection. The true and false lumens of the dissected aorta are shown (courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

The ventricular wall is much thicker compared to that of a normal heart. (courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

The ventricle is enlarged with normal thickness of the ventricular wall. Note that this gross specimen also shows a lateral wall infarct stained as white myocardial tissue.

(courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

In this specimen, the aortic valves were replaced with the metallic (Bjork-Shiley) valve. (courtesy of Dr. Jagdish Butany)

Perfusion scan showing blood flow during rest and persantine stress. White areas mark those of ischemia. Irreversible defects are seen with ischemia both at rest and stress. (courtesy of Dr. Chi-Ming Chow)

Patient undergoing single photon emission tomography for nuclear cardiac imaging. (courtesy of Dr. Chi-Ming Chow)