The role of surgery in the management of solitary coronary artery aneurysm.
A 55-year-old lady presenting with angina was diagnosed on angiography as having a solitary aneurysm of a lateral circumflex artery. She underwent clipping of the aneurysm and a long saphenous vein bypass graft to the distal vessel. The role of surgery in the management of coronary aneurysms is discussed.
John
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LC
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London, UK.
Hornick
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P
Davies
D W
DW
Banim
S O
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Rees
G M
GM
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation