ReviewThe International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc2019
Is Anticoagulant Necessary in Patients with Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome? A Systematic Review of Case Reports.
Review in The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05718531 (Coronary Artery Ectasia, Thrombotic Background and Efficacy of Various Anti Thrombotic Regimens.), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Coronary Artery Ectasia, Thrombotic Background and Efficacy of Various Anti Thrombotic Regimens.
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- Anticoagulant and antiplatelet treatment effects on the incidence of major cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery ectasia: An updated systematic review.Indian heart journalPooled it
- Anticoagulant versus Antiplatelet Therapy After Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients with Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2026Article
- Association between clinical features of isolated coronary artery ectasia and circulating levels of inflammatory markers.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Coronary Ectasia and ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients: Does Atherosclerosis Influence Periprocedural Management and Long-Term Prognosis?Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025Article
- Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Young Woman With Takayasu Arteritis and Pancoronary Aneurysms.JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Antithrombotic therapy in adults with ectatic coronary artery disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
- Contemporary review of the clinical features, multi-modality imaging, and management of coronary artery aneurysms.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2025Review
- Coronary Artery Ectasia in Acute Coronary Syndrome: The Role of Non-vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Management.Interventional cardiology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Outlook of coronary ectasia at the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez: a cross-sectional study.Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2023Article
- Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Versus Antiplatelet Monotherapy Plus Oral Anticoagulation in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Coronary Artery Ectasia: Design and Rationale of OVER-TIME Randomized Clinical Trial.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2022Article
- Antithrombotic treatment strategy for patients with coronary artery ectasia and acute myocardial infarction: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Pharmacologic Management of Coronary Artery Ectasia.Cureus · 2021Review
- Is Coronary Artery Ectasia a Progressive Disease? A Self-Controlled Retrospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Anti-inflammatory effects of rosuvastatin treatment on coronary artery ectasia patients of different age groups.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
Coronary artery ectasia is found in 3 to 8% of patient's undergoing angiography and may sometimes induce acute myocardial infarction. Some articles reported a recurrence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the presence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE). Our study aims to summarize the latest evidence on whether the use of anticoagulant in addition to SAPT/DAPT (single antiplatelet/dual antiplatelet) treating ACS with CAE patients is necessary. Since the trials concerning our objectives were scarce, we pooled case reports/series. We performed a comprehensive search on case reports/series on coronary artery ectasia that presented with acute coronary syndrome published until March 2019. We collected 13 cases from 11 reports. Out of 13 patients, 5 (38.5%) took DAPT only without anticoagulant and 8 (61.5%) took anticoagulant ± DAPT. Three out of five (60%) who took DAPT only, experienced recurrences at 1st and 2nd months' follow-up. The other two (40%) was uneventful at a mean of two months' follow-up. Eight patients who took anticoagulant were uneventful for a mean of 8.4 months. Those who took anticoagulant were at lower risk of experiencing ACS recurrence (
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