ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2021
Treatment and Outcome of Patients With Coronary Artery Ectasia: Current Evidence and Novel Opportunities for an Old Dilemma.
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- Antithrombotic Therapy in Coronary Artery Aneurysm, Ectasia, and Slow Flow: A Systematic Review.Clinical cardiology · 2026Pooled it
- The role of autologous venous grafts in the management of vascular injuries associated with paediatric supracondylar humeral fractures: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Visceral Adiposity Index in Coronary Artery Ectasia.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2026Article
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- Coronary Artery Ectasia and Aneurysm: Benign Variant or High-Risk Substrate in Need of Tailored Treatment?Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Review
- Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Angiographic Evidence of Coronary Artery Ectasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Case report: a clinical case of a giant coronary artery aneurysm treated by percutaneous exclusion.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
- Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy and Case-Based Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
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- Coronary artery ectasia prediction: the role of the Intermountain Risk Score in identifying patients at risk.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Article
- OCT-Guided covered stent implantation for acquired coronary aneurysm after bioresorbable vascular scaffold: case report.Future cardiology · 2025Article
- Ultrasound Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function in Coronary Artery Ectasia: The Added Value of 2D Speckle-tracking Echocardiography.Journal of the Saudi Heart Association · 2025Article
- A case report of complex acute coronary syndrome presentation: Plaque rupture and mild coronary artery ectasia presenting as de Winter T-waves morphing into anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a young adult male.SAGE open medical case reports · 2025Article
- A "giant bomb" in acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery aneurysm: a case report.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: rescue thrombolysis after failed primary percutaneous coronary intervention in coronary artery ectasia with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Uncommon association of coronary artery ectasia and myocardial bridge presenting as non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case report.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- A case report of cardiac rehabilitation in coronary artery aneurysm combined with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Etiology and prognosis of non-Kawasaki disease induced coronary aneurysms in children: a retrospective case series study.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- A filling defect during primary percutaneous coronary intervention: is it always a thrombus?AsiaIntervention · 2024Article
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Abstract
Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is defined as a diffuse or focal dilation of an epicardial coronary artery, which diameter exceeds by at least 1. 5 times the normal adjacent segment. The term ectasia refers to a diffuse dilation, involving more than 50% of the length of the vessel, while the term aneurysm defines a focal vessel dilation. CAE is a relatively uncommon angiographic finding and its prevalence ranges between 0.3 and 5% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Although its pathophysiology is still unclear, atherosclerosis seems to be the underlying mechanism in most cases. The prognostic role of CAE is also controversial, but previous studies reported a high risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in these patients after percutaneous coronary intervention. Despite the availability of different options for the interventional management of patients with CAE, including covered stent implantation and stent-assisted coil embolization, there is no one standard approach, as therapy is tailored to the individual patient. The abnormal coronary dilation, often associated with high thrombus burden in the setting of acute coronary syndromes, makes the interventional treatment of CAE patients challenging and often complicated by distal thrombus embolization and stent malapposition. Moreover, the optimal antithrombotic therapy is debated and includes dual antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation, or a combination of them. In this review we aimed to provide an overview of the pathophysiology, classification, clinical presentation, natural history, and management of patients with CAE, with a focus on the challenges for both clinical and interventional cardiologists in daily clinical practice.
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