Is systemic inflammation responsible for coronary artery ectasia?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Li, Jian Jun ^a   He, Jian Guo ^a   Nan, Jing Long ^a   He, Zho Xiang ^a   Zhu, Chen Gang ^a   Li, Jie ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery ectasia; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GELATINASE A; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 54549114440     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.078     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bermudez E.P., Oalop R.L., Martinez-Luengas I.L., et al. Coronary ectasia: prevalence, and clinical and angiographic characteristics. Inter Cardiol 56 (2003) 473-479
2. Satran A., Bart B.A., Henry C.R., et al. Increased prevalence of coronary artery aneurysms among cocaine users. Circulation 111 (2005) 2424-2429
3. Swaye P.S., Fisher L.D., Litwin P., et al. Aneurysmal coronary artery disease. Circulation 67 (1983) 134-138
4. Pick R.A., Glover M.U., and Vieweg W.V. Myocardial infarction in a young woman with isolated coronary arteritis. Chest 82 (1982) 378-388
5. Giannoglou G.D., Antoniadis A.P., Chatzizisis Y.S., et al. Prevalence of ectasia in human coronary arteries in patients in northern Greece referred for coronary angiography. Am J Cardiol 98 (2006) 314-318
6. Li J.-J., Li Z., and Li J. Is any link between inflammation and coronary artery ectasia?. Med Hypotheses 69 (2007) 678-683
7. Turhan H., Erbay A.R., Yasar A.S., et al. Plasma homocystein levels in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia. Int J Cardiol 104 (2005) 158-162
8. Li J.-J. Inflammation: an important mechanism for different clinical entities of coronary artery disease. Chin Med J 118 (2005) 1817-1826
9. Li J.-J., Wong H.-R., Huang C.-X., et al. Enhanced response of blood monocytes to C-reactive protein in patients with unstable angina. Clin Chim Acta 352 (2005) 127-133
10. Li J.-J., and Fang C.-H. Effect of 4 weeks of atorvastatin administration on anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 in patients with unstable angina. Clin Chem 51 (2005) 1735-1738
11. Li J.-J. Silent myocardial ischemia may be related to inflammatory response. Med Hypotheses 62 (2004) 252-256
12. Li J.-J., Wang Y., Nie S.-P., et al. Xuezhikang, an extract of cholestin, decreases plasma inflammatory markers and endothelin-1, improve exercise-induced ischemia and subjective feelings in patients with cardiac syndrome X. Int J Cardiol 122 (2007) 82-84
13. Li J.-J., Nie S.-P., Xu B., et al. Inflammation in variant angina: is there any evidence?. Med Hypotheses 68 (2007) 635-640
14. Li J.-J., Fang C.-H., Jiang H., et al. Time course of inflammatory response after renal artery stenting in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. Clin Chim Acta 350 (2004) 115-121
15. Dawson J., Cockerill G.W., Choke E., et al. Aortic aneurysm secrete interleukin-6 into the circulation. J Vasc Surg 45 (2007) 350-356
16. Tokgozoglu L., Ergene O., Kinay O., et al. Plasma interleukin-6 levels are increased in coronary artery ectasia. Acta Cardiol 59 (2004) 515-519
17. Turhan H., Erbay A.R., Yasar A.S., et al. Comparison of C-reactive protein levels in patients with coronary artery ectasia versus patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol 94 (2004) 1303-1306
18. Yilmaz H., Tayyareci G., Sayar N., et al. Plasma soluble adhesion molecule levels in coronary artery ectasia. Cardiology 105 (2006) 176-181
19. Turhan H., and Yetkin E. Coronary artery ectasia: is it a destructive inflammatory lesion of the vascular wall?. Int J Cardiol 118 (2007) 241
20. Savino M., Parisi Q., Biondi-Zoccai G.G., et al. New insights into molecular mechanisms of diffuse coronary ectasia: a possible role of VEGF. Int J Cardiol 106 (2006) 307-312