coronary artery ectasia

Echocardiography revealed a huge “brass knuckle”-like ectasia

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“Brass Knuckle”-Like Right Coronary Artery

06/01/2021

Christof Burgdorf, MD¹; Monika Januszewski, MD¹; Christian Pusch, MD²; Bjoern Andrew Remppis, MD¹

Christof Burgdorf, MD1; Monika Janus...

Coronary anomalies are common and mostly discovered incidentally. Thus, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches should be guided by the clinical scenario of the patient.

Coronary anomalies are common...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

“Brass Knuckle”-Like Right Coronary Artery

06/01/2021

Christof Burgdorf, MD¹; Monika Januszewski, MD¹; Christian Pusch, MD²; Bjoern Andrew Remppis, MD¹

Christof Burgdorf, MD1; Monika Janus...

Coronary anomalies are common and mostly discovered incidentally. Thus, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches should be guided by the clinical scenario of the patient.

Coronary anomalies are common...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Intracoronary Administration of Thrombolysis for Severe Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting as an Acute Inferior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

09/29/2017

Avadhesh Saraswat, MBBS; Atifur Rahman, MBBS, FRACP, FCANZ; Ravinder Batra, MBBS, MD, DM, FRACP

Avadhesh Saraswat, MBBS; Atifur Rahm...

We present a 75-year-old male with acute inferior STEMI, severe coronary artery ectasia, and large thrombus burden in the right coronary artery to support the use of intracoronary thrombolysis as a second-line therapy for a large thrombus...

We present a 75-year-old male...

09/29/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology