Two Cases of Multivessel Coronary Artery Ectasias Resulting in Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction.
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.6.434
- Author:
Huseyin GUNDUZ
1
;
Saadet DEMIRTAS
;
Mehmet Bulent VATAN
;
Mehmet Akif CAKAR
;
Ramazan AKDEMIR
Author Information
1. Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Sakarya, Turkey. drhuseyingunduz@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary artery disease;
Acute inferior myocardial infarction
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Coronary Artery Disease;
Coronary Vessels;
Dilatation, Pathologic;
Humans;
Incidence;
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2012;42(6):434-436
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The incidence of multivessel coronary artery ectasias (CAEs) among patients undergoing coronary artery angiography is very rare. All three coronary vessels can be affected by CAE, but most patients have an isolated arterial ectasia, commonly the right coronary artery. In this report we present two cases with inferior myocardial infarction that was likely caused by thrombotic occlusion of CAEs.
