Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Review of the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Abou Sherif, Sara; Özden Tok, Özge; Taşköylü, Özgür; Göktekín, Ömer; Doğu Kılıç, İsmail

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2017.00024

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Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Review of the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine • May 5, 2017

Authors:

Sara Abou Sherif

Özge Özden Tok

Özgür Taşköylü

Abstract

Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are uncommon and describe a localized dilatation of a coronary artery segment more than 1.5-fold compared with adjacent normal segments. The incidence of CAAs varies from 0.3 to 5.3%. Ever since the dawn of the interventional era, CAAs have been increasingly diagnose...

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Medicine

Epidemiology

Etiology

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