CORONARY VESSEL ECTASIA - CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE WITH A HIGH THROMBOEMBOLIC RISK

Authors
BERNARD F REVEL F MONSEGU J DURIEZ P LANGLADE S OLLIVIER JP
Citation
F. Bernard et al., CORONARY VESSEL ECTASIA - CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE WITH A HIGH THROMBOEMBOLIC RISK, Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie, 47(3), 1998, pp. 160-164
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033928
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
160 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3928(1998)47:3<160:CVE-CD>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Coronary dystrophy is characterized by the presence of successively st enotic and ectatic or even aneurysmal zones in the coronary network. T he authors report a new case of coronary ectatic dystrophy presenting in with myocardial infarction. They review the literature and suggest the various aetiologies, the main one being atherosclerosis. The manag ement of this particular form of atherosclerosis is dominated by the t hromboembolic risk related to these aneurysmal zones responsible for m yocardial infarction, justifying long-term anticoagulant therapy.