title: Giant coronary artery aneurysm in the left main coronary artery: a novel surgical procedure.
abstract: Giant coronary artery aneurysm is quite rare and the corresponding surgical strategy is difficult to standardize. We present the case of a patient with giant coronary aneurysm involving the left main coronary artery who underwent an aneurysmectomy and coronary artery reconstruction with direct suture of the coronary vessels. Because of compression of the main pulmonary artery, the left main coronary artery was reconstructed using interposition of a short artificial graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowacho, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, Japan. mazbysh@aol.com
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubayashi
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kambara
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates