title: Surgical management of arteriosclerotic coronary artery aneurysm.
abstract: A 60-year-old man suffered antero-septal myocardial infarction at the age of 56. Coronary angiography demonstrated total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery and a large saccular aneurysm of the right coronary artery. Diffuse coronary ectasia was also shown in the right coronary artery adjacent to the aneurysm. Despite anticoagulant therapy, the aneurysm formed a thrombus and developed coronary artery stenosis distal to the aneurysm. Ligation of the aneurysm and in situ gastroepiploic artery grafting were performed. Sudden heart failure was developed during skin closure. As this condition was considered to be graft hypoperfusion, supplemental saphenous vein grafting was placed. Ligation is a simple, reliable technique to prevent future complications for a large saccular right coronary artery aneurysm, however, gastroepiploic artery might be an inappropriate bypass conduit for the ligated coronary artery with diffuse ectasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Tokyo Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation