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.
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA.
N W
NW
Shammas
G W
GW
Murphy
W H
WH
Risher
J R
JR
Shapiro
S E
SE
Latouf
R M
RM
Pomerantz
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