A Rare Combination of Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm

CONTEXT: Giant coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in adults is a rare clinical entity with an estimated incidence of 0.02%. CAA is commonly found in the right coronary artery with significant number of cases associated with fistula formation. CASE REPORT: We describe a rare case of an 87 year-old man wi...

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Autores principales: Haider, Imran, Suksaranjit, Promporn, Wilson, Brent, McGann, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258083
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.157491
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author Haider, Imran
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McGann, Christopher
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description CONTEXT: Giant coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in adults is a rare clinical entity with an estimated incidence of 0.02%. CAA is commonly found in the right coronary artery with significant number of cases associated with fistula formation. CASE REPORT: We describe a rare case of an 87 year-old man with large CAA with fistulous drainage into the right ventricle (RV) along with RV free wall vegetation as a cause of chronic weakness and lethargy. CONCLUSION: Giant CAA with fistulous drainage to the RV could present in the form of infective endocarditis. Early detection and surgical treatment would provide a significant benefit to these patients.
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spelling pubmed-45253942015-08-07 A Rare Combination of Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Haider, Imran Suksaranjit, Promporn Wilson, Brent McGann, Christopher N Am J Med Sci Case Report CONTEXT: Giant coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in adults is a rare clinical entity with an estimated incidence of 0.02%. CAA is commonly found in the right coronary artery with significant number of cases associated with fistula formation. CASE REPORT: We describe a rare case of an 87 year-old man with large CAA with fistulous drainage into the right ventricle (RV) along with RV free wall vegetation as a cause of chronic weakness and lethargy. CONCLUSION: Giant CAA with fistulous drainage to the RV could present in the form of infective endocarditis. Early detection and surgical treatment would provide a significant benefit to these patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4525394/ /pubmed/26258083 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.157491 Text en Copyright: © 2015 North American Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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