Acute coronary syndrome associated with coronary aneurysm: a case report.
An elderly female patient presented to our Emergency Department with an acute coronary syndrome. After stabilization, cardiac catheterization disclosed a solitary aneurysm of her diagonal coronary artery. Such aneurysms are rare and are an unusual etiology for acute coronary syndrome.
Bartolozzi
John J
JJ
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Department of Family Practice, Oklahoma, USA.
Price
William F
WF
Sauls
F Clark
FC
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013577:Syndrome; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine