Surgical treatment of a large left-main coronary artery aneurysm.
Coronary artery aneurysms are a rare condition with left-main trunk aneurysms occurring in only about 0.1 % of the population. We report on a giant left-main coronary artery aneurysm in a young male status post two previous open-heart operations. The aneurysm was successfully treated by patch occlusion of the ostial orifice and coronary revascularization of the left anterior descending and circumflex arteries.
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Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mihaljevic
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Leacche
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Gasparovic
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Albert
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Byrne
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D000328:Adult; D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000150:complications; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome