Table 1 Summary of diagnostic findings in coronary artery vasculitis
From: Coronary artery vasculitis: a review of current literature
Coronary vasculitis | Frequency of coronary artery involvement [2] (%) | Histopathologic findings [19] | Coronary angiography findings [2] | Epicardial coronary arteritis [22] | Coronary microvascular disease [22] | Intracavitary thrombus [22] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Polyarteritis Nodosa | 10–50 | Pan-arteritis with intramural, perivascular lymphocytes and macrophage infiltrates | Aneurysm and narrowing alternating |  +  |  +  | – |
Kawasaki’s disease | 20 | Multi-cellular infiltrate with necrosis of internal elastic lamina | Large coronary aneurysms |  +  |  +  |  +  |
Takayasu arteritis | 10–30 | Hyperplasia and granulomatous arteritis | Ostial stenosis Skip lesions |  +  | – |  +  |
Giant cell arteritis |  < 1 | Transmural mononuclear cell infiltrate in the internal elastic lamina | Smooth narrowing |  +  | – | – |