title: The diameters of the aorta and its major branches in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia.
abstract: We designed this study to evaluate the diameters of the aorta and its major branches in patients who had coronary ectasia. We assigned 80 patients (mean age, 57 +/- 11 yr) with isolated coronary artery ectasia to the study group and 25 patients (mean age, 54 +/- 10 yr) without structural or coronary arterial disease to the control group. All patients underwent coronary angiography and angiography of the aorta and its branches. We used computed quantitative angiography to measure the diameters of the coronary arteries, the aorta, and the major aortic branches. Within the study group, the diameter indices of the proximal portions of the right common iliac artery (P=0.041) and the left common iliac artery (P=0.035) were significantly larger than the diameter indices within the control group. The diameter indices of all other evaluated arteries were similar in both groups (all P >0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Suleyman Demirel University, 32100 Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozaydin
authors.forename: Ercan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varol
authors.forename: Suleyman M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altinbas
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gedikli
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ergene
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies