Author(s)

Bhupesh Rajanikant Shah¹, Ashok S. Thakkar²

¹Department of Cardiology, NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India.
²Department of Clinical Trials, Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Surat, India.

Coronary artery ectasia is well-known but relatively uncommon finding with prevalence ranging from 1.2% to 5.3%. Coronary artery ectasia has been associated with atherosclerosis in approximately half of the cases. Here, we are presenting a case of male patient who experienced myocardial infarction and was diagnosed with coronary artery ectasia in proximal-mid junction of left anterior descending artery with stenotic lesion. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Coronary Artery Ectasia, Drug Eluting Stent, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Shah, B. and Thakkar, A. (2014) Successful Percutaneous Treatment of Coronary Artery Ectasia with Drug-Eluting Stent. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 5, 1265-1268. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2014.520161.