Coronary artery ectasia: From diagnosis to treatment

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Mavrogeni, Sophie ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Coronary artery ectasia; Coronary magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE INHIBITOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77950786722     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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