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Large Coronary Arteries Mean No Chance of a Heart Attack, Right? An Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Setting of Holding Anticoagulation for a Routine Colonoscopy

Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is an uncommon pathology, which is sometimes incidentally found on left heart catheterization (LHC). CAE is occasionally treated with systemic anticoagulation to prevent thrombosis or progression of the clot in the coronary arteries. We present a 63-year-old male with k...

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Autores principales: Brewster, Nathan, Nesfeder, Jennifer, Murphy, Ryan, Holahan, Brian, Sabzwari, Syed Rafay Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6592468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31263651
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4544