Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Review of the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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...
Main Authors: | Sara Abou Sherif, Ozge Ozden Tok, Özgür Taşköylü, Omer Goktekin, Ismail Dogu Kilic |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2017.00024/full |
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