Publikation

Giant right coronary artery aneurysm

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.11.2007

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Blank R, Haager P, Maeder M, Genoni M, Rickli H. Giant right coronary artery aneurysm. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2007; 84:1740-2.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2007; 84
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.11.2007
eISSN (Online)
1552-6259
Seiten
1740-2
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

We report the case of a 59-year-old man with a giant atherosclerotic thrombus-filled aneurysm of the right coronary artery presenting as an ambiguous spherical mass adjacent to the right atrium at the transthoracic echocardiography study. The diagnosis was established by transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography, and coronary angiography. Due to extent of the aneurysm, the patient underwent placement of a vein graft to the posterior descending artery and subsequent exclusion of the aneurysm by proximal and distal ligation.