Antithrombotic treatment strategy for patients with coronary artery ectasia and acute myocardial infarction: A case report

Table 1 Summary of observations for this patient with coronary artery ectasia

Observation time	Complaint	Cardiac injury markers	Main diagnosis	Culprit vessel	Antithrombotic agents
0 mo	Chest pain	Positive	STEMI	Thrombus in RCA	Aspirin (100 mg 1/d), clopidogrel (75 mg 1/d), LMWH for 1 wk
1 mo	None	Decreased	CHD	No obvious thrombosis in RCA	Aspirin (100 mg 1/d), clopidogrel (75 mg 1/d)
5 mo	Chest pain	Positive	STEMI	100% occluded, thrombus in RCA	Aspirin (100 mg 1/d), clopidogrel (75 mg 1/d), LMWH for 1 wk
6 mo	chest tightness	Negative	UAP	Middle of RCA was slightly blurred	Aspirin (100 mg 1/d), ticagrelor (90 mg 2/d)
18 mo	None	Negative	CHD	-	Aspirin (100 mg 1/day), ticagrelor (45 mg 2/d)
48 mo	None	Negative	CHD	-	Aspirin (100 mg 1/d), ticagrelor (90 mg 2/d)

CHD: Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease; CAE: Coronary artery ectasia; RCA: Right coronary artery; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; UAP: Unstable angina pectoris; LMWH: Low molecular weight heparin.