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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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3/2016
vol. 13
 
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Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation

Jarosław Wasilewski
,
Piotr Desperak
,
Kamil Bujak
,
Jan Głowacki
,
Mariusz Gąsior

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2016; 13 (3): 273-275
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.62623
Online publish date: 2016/09/30
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The term coronary ectasia is reserved to describe a diffuse dilatation of coronary artery segments that have a diameter that exceeds the size of normal adjacent coronary segments by 1.5 times. The occurrence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) ranges from 3% to 8% in the group of patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography. The CAE is associated with traditional risk factors and often co-exists with coronary atherosclerosis, which suggests that ectasia may represent an advanced form of atherosclerosis. Nevertheless, there is a lack of consensus on the clinical implications and management of patients in whom the occurrence of CAE is observed, especially in patients without concomitant obstructive atherosclerosis. Here, we present a rare case of a 62-year-old patient with multiple CAEs and left main trifurcation.
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coronary artery ectasia, computed tomography, atherosclerosis
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