Giant coronary aneurysms in heart transplantation: an unusual presentation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is a leading cause of death during long-term follow-up of heart transplant recipients. We report 2 cases of cardiac allograft vasculopathy associated with giant coronary aneurysms. To our knowledge, these are the first reported cases of spontaneous giant coronary aneurysms in heart transplant recipients.
Haddad
François
F
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA. fhaddad@cvmed.stanford.edu <fhaddad@cvmed.stanford.edu>
Perez
Marco
M
Fleischmann
Dominik
D
Valantine
Hannah
H
Hunt
Sharon A
SA
D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous