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Coronary tortuosity: a long and winding road.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Zegers, Erwin S. Meursing, Bart T. Jan Zegers, E. B. Ophuis, Anton J. Oude |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Coronary tortuosity is a phenomenon often encountered by cardiologists performing coronary angiography. The aetiology and clinical importance of coronary tortuosity are still unclear. Coronary tortuosity without fixed atherosclerotic stenosis in patients with angina pectoris and an abnormal exercise stress test has never been described in the literature.This article describes three cases of patients with anginal complaints, an abnormal exercise stress test and coronary angiography without the presence of a fixed atherosclerotic lesion.It is hypothesised that coronary tortuosity leads to flow alteration resulting in a reduction in coronary pressure distal to the tortuous segment of the coronary artery, subsequently leading to ischaemia. Future studies will be necessary to elucidate the actual mechanism of coronary tortuosity and its clinical significance. (Neth Heart J 2007;15:191-5.). |
| Starting Page | 244 |
| Ending Page | 5090 |
| Page Count | 4847 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1877966&blobtype=pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 17612682v1 |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Journal | Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Angina Pectoris Atherosclerosis Coronary Arteriosclerosis Coronary angiography Exercise stress test Flatulence Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa Ischemia Patients angiogram |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |