Clinical course of patients with coronary ectasia

Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Takahashi, Keiko ^a   Ohyanagi, Mitsumasa ^a   Ikeoka, Kiyomitsu ^a   Tateishi, Jun ^a   Iwasaki, Tadaaki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysms; Coronary ectasia; Ischemic heart disease; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ECTASIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032848816     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006901     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Daoud A, Parkin D, Tulgan H: Aneurysms of the coronary artery. Am J Cardiol 1963;11: 228-237.
2. Matsumura K, Nakase M, Kawai I: Evaluation of coronary, hemodynamics and clinical findings in patients with coronary artery ectasia. Cardioangiology 1993;34:61-67.
3. Hartnell G, Parnell M, Pridie B: Coronary ectasia - its prevalence and clinical significance in 4993 patients. Br Heart J 1985;54:392-395.
4. Swaya P, Fisher D, Litwin P, Vignola P, Judkins MP, Kemp HG: Aneurysmal coronary artery disease. Circulation 1983;67:134-138.
5. Noma M, Kikuchi Y, Yoshimura H, Yamamoto H, Tajimi T: Coronary ectasia in Takayasu's arteritis. Am Heart J 1993;125:459-461.
6. Badimon L, Cotran S: The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: Atherogenesis and inflammation. Lab Invest 1988;58:249-261.
7. Rub S, Smith D, Alimurung B, Rab R, Spencer B: Thrombolytic therapy in coronary ectasia and acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 1990;119:955-957.
8. Bove A, Vlietstra D: Spasm in ectasia coronary arteries. Mayo Clin Proc 1985;60:822-826.
9. Tunick PA, Slater J, Kronzon I, Glassman E: Discrete atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysms: A study of 20 patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990;15:279-282.
10. Kumar S, Tommaso C, Dianzumba S, Gardin J: Myocardial infarction and coronary ectasia in idiopathic mitral valve prolapse syndrome. Arch Intern Med 1980;140:1384-1386.
11. Suzuki H, Takcyama Y, Hamazaki Y, Namiki A, Koba S, Matsubara H: Coronary spasm in patients with coronary ectasia. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1994;32:1-7.
12. Takahashi K, Ikeoka K, Nishian K, Iwasaki T: Acute myocardial infarction in pre-menopausal women and young men. Jpn Circ J 1994; 58(suppl I):241.
13. Markis J, Joffe C, Cohen P, Feen D, Herman M, Gorlin R: Clinical significance of coronary arterial eclasia. Am J Cardiol 1975;37:217-222.
14. Aintablin A, Hamby R, Hoffmann I, Karmer R: Coronary ectasia: Incidence and results of coronary bypass surgery. Am Heart J 1977;10: 309-315.
15. Newburger JW, Burns JC, Beiser AS, Loscalzo J: Altered lipid profile after Kawasaki syndrome. Circulation 1991;84:625-631.
16. Canon R, Epstein S: Microvascular angina as a cause of chest pain with angiographically normal coronary arteries. Am J Cardiol 1988;61: 1338-1343.
17. Kaul S, Newell J, Chesler D, Phost G, Okada R, Boucher C: Quantitative thallium imaging findings in patients with normal coronary angiographic findings and in clinically normal subjects. Am J Cardiol 1986;57:506-512.
18. Kruger D, Wiegand V, Potratz J, Stierle U: Detection of stress-induced myocardial ischemia in isolated coronary ectasia and aneurysm. Z Kardiol 1996;85:407-417.
19. Kannel W, Higgins M: Smoking and hypertension as predictor of cardiovascular risk in population studies. J Hypertens 1990;8(suppl 5): S3-S8.
20. Sudhir K, Ports T, Amidon T, Goldberger J, Bhushan V, Kane J: Increased prevalence of coronary ectasia in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Circulation 1995;91: 1375-1380.
21. Fujiwara T, Fujiwara H, Hamashima Y: Frequency and size of coronary arterial aneurysm at necropsy in Kawasaki disease. Am J Cardiol 1987;59:808-811.
22. Dajani A, Taubert K, Takahashi M, Bierman F, Freed M, Ferrieri P: Guideline for long-term management of patients with Kawasaki disease. Circulation 1993;26:916-922.
23. Ilia R, Kafri C, Carmel S, Goldfarb B, Gueron M, Battler A: Angiographic follow-up of coronary artery ectasia. Cardiology 1995;86:388-390.