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Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Rare Quadfurcation Anatomy

Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are found in a small percentage of coronary angiograms, with left main coronary artery (LMCA) aneurysms being the least common. We present a 63-year-old male patient with a history of chest pain and an abnormal nuclear stress test. Cardiac catheterization showed a la...

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Autores principales: Latyshev, Yevgeniy A., Avendano, John P., Patankar, Sohil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9990703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36896368
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc4037
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description Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are found in a small percentage of coronary angiograms, with left main coronary artery (LMCA) aneurysms being the least common. We present a 63-year-old male patient with a history of chest pain and an abnormal nuclear stress test. Cardiac catheterization showed a large LMCA aneurysm with unusual quadfurcation left main (LM) anatomy, but otherwise showed no evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease. The patient remained clinically stable, and a repeat cardiac catheterization 2 years later showed unchanged coronary anatomy. Further medical management with close observation was elected. This case illustrates that in select cases, large LMCA aneurysms can be successfully managed medically without surgical or percutaneous interventions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of LMCA aneurysm with quadfurcation anatomy. In addition to the case description, a review of the literature is provided.
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spelling pubmed-99907032023-03-08 Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Rare Quadfurcation Anatomy Latyshev, Yevgeniy A. Avendano, John P. Patankar, Sohil J Med Cases Case Report Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are found in a small percentage of coronary angiograms, with left main coronary artery (LMCA) aneurysms being the least common. We present a 63-year-old male patient with a history of chest pain and an abnormal nuclear stress test. Cardiac catheterization showed a large LMCA aneurysm with unusual quadfurcation left main (LM) anatomy, but otherwise showed no evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease. The patient remained clinically stable, and a repeat cardiac catheterization 2 years later showed unchanged coronary anatomy. Further medical management with close observation was elected. This case illustrates that in select cases, large LMCA aneurysms can be successfully managed medically without surgical or percutaneous interventions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of LMCA aneurysm with quadfurcation anatomy. In addition to the case description, a review of the literature is provided. Elmer Press 2023-02 2023-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9990703/ /pubmed/36896368 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc4037 Text en Copyright 2023, Latyshev et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Rare Quadfurcation Anatomy
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title_short Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Rare Quadfurcation Anatomy
title_sort left main coronary artery aneurysm with rare quadfurcation anatomy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9990703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36896368
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