Coronary artery ectasia: Remains a clinical dilemma

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 318-320

  Boles, Usama ^a   Eriksson, Peter ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Henein, Michael Y ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary artery ectasia; Kawasaki disease

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954647144     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32833b20da     Document Type: Review

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