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The newly occluded ectatic vessel: Not an ecstatic time
Author(s) -
Butman Samuel M.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.26825
Subject(s) - ectasia , medicine , cardiology , coronary artery ectasia , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Key Points No or slow reflow is more common in patients with coronary ectasia in the setting of a STEMI Smoking and hypertension appears to be risk factors for coronary ectasia The why and how of coronary ectasia in atherosclerosis still eludes us