Echocardiographic diagnosis in diffusely aneurysmal coronary artery disease.
We present the case of a 73-year-old male with diffusely aneurysmal artery disease. Echocardiography revealed a 4.5 cm mass, adjacent to the right side of the heart, suggesting a diagnosis of coronary artery aneurysm. The findings were confirmed at magnetic resonance imaging and coronary angiography. Moreover, in view of the reported strong association between coronary and cerebral artery disease, the patient was submitted to cerebral magnetic resonance imaging, which also demonstrated aneurysmal disease involving the cerebral arteries.
Felis
Salvatore
S
Clinical Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Disease, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. safelis@tin.it
Deste
Wanda
W
Ragusa
Antonella
A
Giannotta
Daniele
D
Casaccio
Vittorio
V
Barbagallo
Giuseppe
G
Scandura
Salvatore
S
Tamburino
Corrado
C
Giuffrida
Giuseppe
G
D000368:Aged; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male