title: An example that presented giant aneurysm of the angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: We present the case of a 70-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with heart failure due to a giant left ventricular aneurysm involving the apex and severe mitral regurgitation. Three months before the hospitalization, percutaneous coronary intervention was performed for severe stenosis of the left main trunk. During the procedure, there were no abnormalities of distal coronary flow due to problems like embolization, and repeat coronary angiography, performed after stabilization of heart failure, showed no new significant stenosis. We diagnosed her condition as a subepicardial aneurysm by pathological examination of the resected specimen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Medical Center, Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. harahisa@d1.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Rintaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Raisuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshitama
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hase
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology