Successful surgical treatment of a giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery.
We describe the case of a 46-year-old female patient, who was referred to us under the suspicion of an acute type-A aortic dissection. After perusal of the computer tomogram and subsequent transesophageal echocardiography, we decided to operate, albeit under the assumption of the existence of a pericardial cyst. Intraoperatively a strikingly large aneurysm of the right coronary artery presented itself, which was successfully treated through resection and end-to-end anastomosis.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany.
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Bauer
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Weng
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Hetzer
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed