Distribution of Isolated Coronary Artery Ectasy According to Age Groups

Objective: Coronary artery ectasy (CAE) is focal or diffuse dilation of coronary arteries. Age is a strong risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). We aimed to whether age is important for isolated CAE development and compare the patients with CAE and CAD in respect to age, sex and other cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: The study was carried out on 32 patients with isolated CAE and 100 patients with CAD. The patients were divided into 4 groups according to their age. The groups were classified as Group I: 70 years. Results: Mean ages of the patients with isolated CAE and CAD were 60.6±9.9 years and 61.4±9.5 years, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between two groups in respect to age, sex and age distribution (p>0.05). Presence of hypertension, DM, smoking and other risk factors were also compared between two groups. DM and previous MI were more frequent in patients with CAD (p 0.05). Conclusions: We have shown that age is not a major determinant for isolated CAE development. Risk factors other than DM were found to be similar to patients with CAD.