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) | 24/4 | 4/1 | 5/7 |
| Diabetes | 7 (28%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (16.7%) |
| Smoking | 14 (56%) | 4 (80%) | 2 (16.7%) |
| Hypertension | 15 (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 ratio | | | N/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 ectasia | RCA = 19 LCX = 4 LAD = 2 | RCA = 2 LCX = 2 LAD = 2 | N/A |
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N/A = not applicable.
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