Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of an aneurysm and thrombosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
An aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery with thrombosis in its lumen in a 36-year-old woman who had an acute myocardial infarction is described. Although the aneurysm was detected by angiography, a transesophageal study provided new specific details of the exact site of origin of the aneurysm, as well as vascular thrombosis.
Department of Echocardiography, Institute National of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, Mexico, D.F.
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Vargas-Barron
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Romero-Cardenas
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Espinola-Zavaleta
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Gil-Moreno
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Keirns
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Rijlaarsdam
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Verdejo Paris
D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology