Giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistulous connection to the coronary sinus: diagnosis and management.
This report describes the case of a giant aneurysmal right coronary artery connecting to the coronary sinus near its opening into the right atrium in a 70-year-old woman who presented with a recent onset of congestive heart failure. By coincidence, a secundum atrial septal defect was also present. The diagnosis and surgical management of this uncommon pathology are described.
Shammas
N W
NW
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA.
Murphy
G W
GW
Risher
W H
WH
Shapiro
J R
JR
Latouf
S E
SE
Pomerantz
R M
RM
D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans