title: Treatment of left anterior descending artery aneurysm.
abstract: Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare and their management is controversial. Their incidence varies from 1,5% to 5% of the coronary angiographies, with predilection of the right coronary artery. Unruptured coronary aneurysms are often silent and may remain undiagnosed. The etiology can be either congenital or acquired. We describe a case of a left anterior descending artery (LAD) aneurysm treated with an off-pump surgical revascularization with a LIMA to LAD without exclusion or ligature of the aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery--Hospital "G. Pasquinucci" Massa, Via Aurelia sud-Massa, Italy.
authors.forename: Mirsad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kacila
authors.forename: Marco L S
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Matteucci
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Nermir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granov
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glauber
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D004417:Dyspnea; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization