Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture

Infected coronary artery aneurysm is a rare complication of bacteremia with significant risk of mortality. We describe a case where contained rupture had caused purulent pericarditis and an alternative surgical approach to management was required as aortocoronary bypass grafting was unfeasible. (Lev...

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Autores principales: McNamara, Nicholas J., Plunkett, Brian T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9168958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35677799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.018
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description Infected coronary artery aneurysm is a rare complication of bacteremia with significant risk of mortality. We describe a case where contained rupture had caused purulent pericarditis and an alternative surgical approach to management was required as aortocoronary bypass grafting was unfeasible. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-91689582022-06-07 Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture McNamara, Nicholas J. Plunkett, Brian T. JACC Case Rep Case Report Infected coronary artery aneurysm is a rare complication of bacteremia with significant risk of mortality. We describe a case where contained rupture had caused purulent pericarditis and an alternative surgical approach to management was required as aortocoronary bypass grafting was unfeasible. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2022-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9168958/ /pubmed/35677799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.018 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture
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title_full Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture
title_fullStr Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture
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title_short Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture
title_sort management of a mycotic right coronary artery aneurysm with contained rupture
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9168958/
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