Korean Circulation Journal

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Two Cases of Multivessel Coronary Artery Ectasias Resulting in Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction

  • Gunduz, Huseyin (Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty) ;
  • Demirtas, Saadet (Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty) ;
  • Vatan, Mehmet Bulent (Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty) ;
  • Cakar, Mehmet Akif (Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty) ;
  • Akdemir, Ramazan (Cardiology Department Korucuk, Sakarya University Medical Faculty)
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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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.

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