title: Surgical treatment of coronary aneurysm developed after PTCA.
abstract: Two patients who developed coronary aneurysm at the site of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) in proximal LAD accompanied by severe re-stenosis just proximal to the aneurysm are described. Both patients underwent Coronary Arterial Bypass Grafting (CABG) to distal LAD to stop anginal attacks refractory to any anti-anginal drugs and to prevent a rupture of a coronary aneurysm. After the operation the anginal attacks disappeared and no trace of coronary aneurysm was visible in the coronary angiogram.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saga Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natsuaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohteki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohchi
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography