Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report

Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report

Coronary tortuosity is a common coronary angiography finding. The aetiology and the clinical significant are not well defined, generally considered a normal variant. We showed a case of marked tortuosity of all coronary arteries associated with myocardial ischemia.

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Main Authors: Francesca Cortese, Michele Gesualdo, Tommaso Acquaviva, Cosma Cortese, Andrea Ciccone, Vincenzo Palumbo, Emanuela De Cillis, Alessandro Bortone, Marco Matteo Ciccone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Barcaray International 2016-01-01
Series:International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
Subjects:
Coronary tortuosity
distal hypoperfusion
myocardial ischemia
Online Access:http://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/210/pdf-2
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spelling doaj-f2aca05d4ee14610b5967c6fea762b422020-11-25T02:30:41ZengBarcaray InternationalInternational Cardiovascular Forum Journal2410-26362409-34242016-01-0168889https://doi.org/10.17987/icfj.v6i0.210Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case ReportFrancesca Cortese0Michele Gesualdo1Tommaso Acquaviva2Cosma Cortese3Andrea Ciccone4Vincenzo Palumbo5Emanuela De Cillis6Alessandro Bortone7Marco Matteo Ciccone8Division of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo Moro.Division of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo Moro.Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo Moro.Division of Cardiology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant, University of Bari Aldo MoroCoronary tortuosity is a common coronary angiography finding. The aetiology and the clinical significant are not well defined, generally considered a normal variant. We showed a case of marked tortuosity of all coronary arteries associated with myocardial ischemia.http://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/210/pdf-2Coronary tortuositydistal hypoperfusionmyocardial ischemia
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author Francesca Cortese
Michele Gesualdo
Tommaso Acquaviva
Cosma Cortese
Andrea Ciccone
Vincenzo Palumbo
Emanuela De Cillis
Alessandro Bortone
Marco Matteo Ciccone
spellingShingle Francesca Cortese
Michele Gesualdo
Tommaso Acquaviva
Cosma Cortese
Andrea Ciccone
Vincenzo Palumbo
Emanuela De Cillis
Alessandro Bortone
Marco Matteo Ciccone
Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
Coronary tortuosity
distal hypoperfusion
myocardial ischemia
author_facet Francesca Cortese
Michele Gesualdo
Tommaso Acquaviva
Cosma Cortese
Andrea Ciccone
Vincenzo Palumbo
Emanuela De Cillis
Alessandro Bortone
Marco Matteo Ciccone
author_sort Francesca Cortese
title Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
title_short Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
title_full Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
title_fullStr Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Coronary Tortuosity: Normal Variant or Pathological Condition? A Case Report
title_sort coronary tortuosity: normal variant or pathological condition? a case report
publisher Barcaray International
series International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
issn 2410-2636
2409-3424
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Coronary tortuosity is a common coronary angiography finding. The aetiology and the clinical significant are not well defined, generally considered a normal variant. We showed a case of marked tortuosity of all coronary arteries associated with myocardial ischemia.
topic Coronary tortuosity
distal hypoperfusion
myocardial ischemia
url http://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/210/pdf-2
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