Coronary Ectasia – American College of Cardiology
Clinical Case Vignette A 56-year-old male patient with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, tobacco use, and obesity presented with acute anterior wall ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Emergent angiography revealed a total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery with a large associated thrombus. There was also diffuse ectasia of the…