Clinical Study

Among Ectasia Patients with Coexisting Coronary Artery Disease, TIMI Frame Count Correlates with Ectasia Size and Markis Type IV Is the Commonest

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with coronary ectasia and control subjects with normal coronary arteries.

ā€‰Ectasia with CAD ()Isolated coronary ectasia ()Controls ()

Mean age (years)

Sex (male/female)24/44/15/7

Diabetes7 (28%)1 (20%)2 (16.7%)

Smoking14 (56%)4 (80%)2 (16.7%)

Hypertension15 (60%)2 (40%)4 (33.3%)

Mean TFC in right coronary artery

Mean ectasia length (mm)N/A

Mean ectasia size (mm)N/A

Ectasia ratioN/A

Markis type Type 1 = 1
Type 2 = 0
Type 3 = 8
Type 4 = 16
Type 1 = 0
Type 2 = 0
Type 3 = 3
Type 4 = 2
N/A

Vessel affected by ectasiaRCA = 19
LCX = 4
LAD = 2
RCA = 2
LCX = 2
LAD = 2
N/A

N/A = not applicable.