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Coronary Artery Ectasia, Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery and Varicose Veins: Common Presentation or Generalized Defect of the Vessel Wall?

A Case Report

Helen Triantafillidi, MD

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Ioannis Rizos, MD

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Aristides Androulakis, MD, FESC

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Konstantinos Stratos, MD, FESC

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Chrisa Arvaniti, MD

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Pavlos Toutouzas, MD, FACC, FESC

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.

A young man who suffered from an acute myocardial infarction is presented. He presented coronary artery ectasia along with coronary artery disease. Further evaluation revealed the presence of both a saccular aneurysm of the basilar artery as well as varicose veins of the lower limbs. A common pathogenic mechanism is discussed since all these findings are characterized by similar histologic substrate with the most profound defect being destruction of the myoelastic elements of the media.

Angiology, Vol. 52, No. 4, 287-291 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970105200410
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