Coronary artery ectasia--a variant of occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis.

Clinical and Angiographic Features of Patients with Coronary Artery Ectasia Compared with Stenotic Coronary Artery Disease

“…Of the four age segments, CAE was more common in the younger age group, while stenotic CAD was common in older age. This is in agreement with previous studies [10][11][12][13]. Giannoglu et al [11] also reported more male patients having CAE.…”

“…Giannoglu et al [11] also reported more male patients having CAE. This gender difference has been reported previously [12,13] and is supposed to be due to a lower incidence of CAD in women [11]. Considering the different age segments, we found nearly three quarters of CAE to be younger than 60 years .…”

The Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Patients with Isolated Coronary Artery Ectasia

“…Although it has been suggested that ectasia is commonly a variant of obstructive CAD, its pathogenesis remains poorly understood (1,2,17). Coronary flow in aneurysmal segments is impaired even in the absence of obstructive disease.…”

Severe coronary artery ectasia and abdominal aortic aneurysm

“…Since both entities are strongly associated with local and systemic atherosclerosis, they have traditionally been viewed as a variant of atherosclerosis [9,10], but a clear causal relationship ist not established. CAE and AAA share similar histologic characteristics with destruction of the musculoelastic elements of the tunica media [11,12].…”