Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

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3/2016 vol. 13

Diffuse coronary artery ectasia in a patient with left main coronary artery trifurcation

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2016; 13 (3): 273-275
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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