Extramural coronary arteries in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Dilatation and tortuosity of extramural coronary arteries are prevalent in cyanotic congenital heart disease. Two pathogenetic variables are operative, namely endothelial vasodilator substances and medial structural abnormalities.
Chugh
Reema
R
Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1679, USA.
Perloff
Joseph K
JK
Fishbein
Michael
M
Child
John S
JS
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged