title: [Coronary artery aneurysm with various clinical course].
abstract: Case 1: A 77-year-old woman had effort angina pectoris. Coronary angiography (CAG) revealed a coronary artery aneurysm on the left descending artery. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and patch angioplasty for the aneurysm were performed. Case 2 : A 69-year-old woman had effort dyspnea CAG showed dilation of the left main trunk and beaded aneurysms (maximum 6 cm in diameter) behind the ascending aorta with a fistula to the right atrium. We closed the fistula and performed CABG to the circumflex branch. Case 3 : A 78-year-old woman had had general fatigue for 2 weeks. Previous CAG had revealed coronary artery aneurysms and current chest computered tomography revealed pericardial effusion. She was, therefore, diagnosed with the rupture of the coronary artery aneurysm. We closed the coronary artery aneurysm and performed CABG. Case 4: A 55-year-old man had been diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction and had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention 3 years before. CAG revealed a coronary artery aneurysm on the right coronary artery. We resected the aneurysm and interposed with saphenous vein graft. Although coronary artery aneurysm often has no symptoms, in the cases of angina, myocardial infarction, rupture or large aneurysm more than 3 times larger than the normal diameter, surgical repair should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Hospital Kinki University School of Medicine, Ikoma, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morishima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishiwaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged