A case of primary dissecting aneurysm of the coronary artery.
A 37-year-old woman was admitted with an acute anterior myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography revealed a dissecting aneurysm of the left main coronary artery. The patient died from perioperative myocardial infarction following aortocoronary bypass surgery on the 102nd hospital day. Histologic sections of the aneurysm revealed that granulation tissue had replaced the aneurysm, suggesting spontaneous healing of the dissecting aneurysm.
Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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J
Sadoshima
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Y
Nakashima
Y
Y
Taira
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S
Koyanagi
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A
Takeshita
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K
Tanaka
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M
Nakamura
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography