Pure coronary ectasia differs from atherosclerosis: Morphological and risk factors analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-323

  Boles, Usama ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a,c   David, Santhosh ^b   Eriksson, Peter ^a   Henein, Michael Y ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LETTERKENNY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk factors; Coronary artery ectasia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84857043130     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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