title: Clinical course of patients with coronary ectasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical prognosis between patients with diffuse coronary ectasia and those with localized coronary ectasia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with coronary ectasia were divided into two groups based on the Markis classification (group D: types I-III and group L: type IV), and the clinical manifestations and prognosis were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Group D patients (52.1 +/- 4 years) were significantly younger than group L patients (62.5 +/- 7 years). During the study, 4 patients in group D died suddenly. Three of the patients had type I coronary ectasia, and 1 had left main coronary ectasia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the present study indicate that patients with diffuse coronary ectasia and left main coronary ectasia should be followed carefully.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan. keiko@hyo-med-ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyanagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeoka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors