Coronary artery ectasias: Imaging, functional assessment and clinical implications

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1026-1031

  Manginas, Athanassios ^a   Cokkinos, Dennis V ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Coronary artery disease; Coronary flow; Ectasia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; NITRATE; PAPAVERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AORTA ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ECTASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646269968     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi725     Document Type: Review

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