Concurrent dolichoectasia of basilar and coronary arteries
2006; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 66; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1212/01.wnl.0000224702.60036.38
ISSN1526-632X
AutoresKazuyuki Ikeda, Hidetoshi Kashihara, Ken-ichi Hosozawa, M. Tamura, Shunsuke Baba, Yasuo Iwasaki,
Tópico(s)Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
ResumoWe read with great interest the article by Pico et al.1 concerning combined dolichoectasia of basilar artery (BADE) and coronary artery (CAE). We also encountered two patients with those arterial abnormalities and considered possible genetic and acquired profile in BADE and CAE. Sixty-four subjects (60 men and 4 women) were diagnosed with BADE on physical and brain check-up, including brain MRI and three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography (1.5 T; Hitachi Medical), in PL Tokyo Health Care Center, Japan. Mean age (SD) of subjects was 59.5 (11.2) years. Two non-related men had BADE and CAE without abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Their common clinical aspects revealed younger onset (less than 40 years) and grade 2 of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, chain smoking, and obesity. An 80-year-old man was treated …
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