From Coronary Artery Ectasia to Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm: Is it Necessary to Follow-Up?

Here we present a case of an asymptomatic patient with a giant coronary artery aneurysm developed in the context of diffuse coronary artery ectasia. Giant coronary artery aneurysm was complicated by the presence of a large thrombus. The heart team settled for surgical treatment of the lesion. (Level...

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Autores principales: Rizzo, Martina, Landra, Federico, Gambacciani, Andrea, Lorenz, Veronica, Valente, Serafina, Ascenzi, Flavio D’, Cameli, Matteo, Montesi, Gianfranco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9700080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36444191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.09.006
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Sumario:Here we present a case of an asymptomatic patient with a giant coronary artery aneurysm developed in the context of diffuse coronary artery ectasia. Giant coronary artery aneurysm was complicated by the presence of a large thrombus. The heart team settled for surgical treatment of the lesion. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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