title: Right coronary artery aneurysm: possible relation with obesity?
abstract: Aneurysms of the coronary arteries are uncommon occurrences that usually develop secondary to atherosclerosis and are often asymptomatic. We present a 57-year-old male patient who presented with the diagnosis of an inferior wall acute myocardial infarction with a large aneurysm of the right coronary artery and with morbid obesity. To the best of our knowledge, a relationship between body mass index and coronary artery aneurysm has not been reported in the literature so far. We speculated that there is a relationship between coronary artery aneurysm and body mass index.
authors.forename: Ersan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tatli
authors.forename: Mutlu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buyuklu
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Mesih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yel
authors.forename: Turhan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurum
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*