Nonatherosclerotic causes of coronary artery narrowing--Part I.
Approximately 5% of patients with acute myocardial infarction do not have atherosclerotic coronary artery disease but have other causes for their luminal narrowing. The first part of this three-part review of nonatherosclerotic causes of coronary narrowing focuses on congenital coronary artery anomalies, coronary fistula, and high take-off position of coronary ostia.
Waller
B F
BF
St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Fry
E T
ET
Hermiller
J B
JB
Peters
T
T
Slack
J D
JD
D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology