Congenital giant aneurysm of the left coronary artery.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_0FB1057B5877
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Congenital giant aneurysm of the left coronary artery.
Périodique
Heart, Lung and Circulation
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Berdajs D., Ruchat P., Suva M., Ferrari E., Ligang L., von Segesser L.K.
ISSN
1444-2892 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1443-9506
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2011
Volume
20
Numéro
10
Pages
663-5
Langue
anglais
Résumé
We report an unusual case of congenital giant coronary aneurysm. A 23 year-old male with a history of acute myocardial infarction presented an abnormal shadow in the left cardiac border on routine X-ray. Electrocardiogram and physical examination were normal without any clinical signs of inflammation, but computed tomography (CT) scan and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a giant (>50mm) coronary aneurysm. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) resection resolved the CAA. Coronary artery aneurysms are entities of localised dilation and can be common events in chronic infectious disease as a result of the systemic inflammatory state; however, giant coronary aneurysms (measuring more than 50mm) are rare. This is especially true where the pathological aetiology was not clearly defined or was believed to be of congenital origin. To date only a few published case reports exist for this type of pathological entity.
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
03/11/2011 10:23
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 13:36
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