Giant coronary artery aneurysm in association with systemic arterial ectasia: A case report

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Anania, A ^a,b   Trapani, M ^a   Striglia, E ^a   Sambuco, A ^a   Longato, L ^a   Tarocco, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Coronary artery; Ectasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIURETIC AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL ECTASIA; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644782933     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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