title: Surgical management of left main coronary artery aneurysm.
abstract: To date only 7 patients with left main coronary artery aneurysm associated with atherosclerosis have undergone surgical treatment. This report reviews a case of atherosclerotic aneurysm of the left main coronary artery with concurrent stenotic coronary artery disease that was successfully treated by direct approach to the left main coronary artery aneurysm and establishment of coronary artery bypass grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Iida, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Senga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hikita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kouzu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tunemoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography