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.
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Department of Family Practice, Oklahoma, USA.
John J
JJ
Bartolozzi
William F
WF
Price
F Clark
FC
Sauls
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