Coronary artery ectasia associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) is characterized by a variety of cutaneous, mucosal, and visceral vascular anomalies. A patient with classic hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia was shown to have three-vessel coronary artery ectasia without evident atherosclerosis, and association not previously demonstrated. The possibility that coronary artery ectasia may be a manifestation of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is discussed.
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Division of Cardiology, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden.
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D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*