title: [Giant coronary artery aneurysm successfully treated with surgery--a case report].
abstract: We report a case of a 54-year-old woman presenting with nonspecific chest pain and clinical symptoms of heart failure. Various diagnostic tools, including both noninvasive methods and coronary angiography, revealed the presence of a giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery. The aneurysm formed a mediastinal mass of a huge size, with blood flow in it, and caused cardiac displacement within the thorax cavity. Surgical management of this anomaly was effective. Aetiology, clinical symptoms, diagnostic tools and treatment options of coronary artery aneurysms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Kardiologii AM, ul. M.Skłodowskiej-Curie 66, Wrocław.
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pyszel
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skoczyńska
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derkacz
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poreba
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magott-Derkacz
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrzejak
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome