The Clinical Role of CT-Based Morphologic Description in Severely Calcified Coronary Arteries Ectasia Encountering Acute Coronary Syndrome | Zendy

YenYu Liu | Zendy; JuiPeng Tsai | Zendy; ChungLieh Hung | Zendy; Jiun-Yi Li | Zendy; JenYuan Kuo | Zendy

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The Clinical Role of CT-Based Morphologic Description in Severely Calcified Coronary Arteries Ectasia Encountering Acute Coronary Syndrome

Author(s) -

YenYu Liu,

JuiPeng Tsai,

ChungLieh Hung,

Jiun-Yi Li,

JenYuan Kuo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2012/267496

Subject(s) - ectasia , medicine , coronary arteries , cardiology , coronary artery ectasia , acute coronary syndrome , percutaneous coronary intervention , calcification , radiology , coronary artery disease , artery , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction

Diffuse coronary arteries ectasia combined with calcification is seldom reported. Acute coronary syndrome, a potentially life-threatening disease, accompanied with coronary ectasia and diffuse calcification, made percutaneous coronary intervention difficult and risky owing to increasing complications rate. Dual-source computed tomography and three-dimensional volume rendering images help cardiovascular surgeon easier to localize the ideal site and facilitate the procedure.

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