Successful treatment of a ruptured mycotic coronary artery aneurysm.
Documented mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are unusual, and antemortem identification of such an aneurysm is rare. We present the case of a patient who had successful management of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of a coronary artery.
Osevala
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MA
Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA.
Heleotis
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TL
DeJene
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D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*