The Clinical Role of CT-Based Morphologic Description in Severely Calcified Coronary Arteries Ectasia Encountering Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Diffuse coronary arteries ectasia combined with calcification is seldom reported. Acute coronary syndrome, a potentially life-threatening disease, accompanied with coronary ectasia and diffuse calcification, made percutaneous coronary intervention difficult and risky owing to increasing complications rate. Dual-source computed tomography and three-dimensional volume rendering images help cardiovascular surgeon easier to localize the ideal site and facilitate the procedure.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25160, Taiwan.
Yen-Yu
YY
Liu
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25160, Taiwan ; Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Jui-Peng
JP
Tsai
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25160, Taiwan ; Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Chung-Lieh
CL
Hung
Division of Cardiovascular, Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25160, Taiwan.
Jiun-Yi
JY
Li
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 25160, Taiwan ; Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Jen-Yuan
JY
Kuo