Wasilewski J, Desperak P, Bujak K, Głowacki J, Gąsior M. Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016;13(3):273-275. doi:10.5114/kitp.2016.62623.
APA
Wasilewski, J., Desperak, P., Bujak, K., Głowacki, J., & Gąsior, M. (2016). Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 13(3), 273-275. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.62623
Chicago
Wasilewski, Jarosław, Piotr Desperak, Kamil Bujak, Jan Głowacki, and Mariusz Gąsior. 2016. "Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 13 (3): 273-275. doi:10.5114/kitp.2016.62623.
Harvard
Wasilewski, J., Desperak, P., Bujak, K., Głowacki, J., and Gąsior, M. (2016). Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 13(3), pp.273-275. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2016.62623
MLA
Wasilewski, Jarosław et al. "Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 13, no. 3, 2016, pp. 273-275. doi:10.5114/kitp.2016.62623.
Vancouver
Wasilewski J, Desperak P, Bujak K, Głowacki J, Gąsior M. Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016;13(3):273-275. doi:10.5114/kitp.2016.62623.
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.