title: Left main coronary artery aneurysm: an uncommon aetiology for myocardial infarction in the young.
abstract: Left main coronary artery aneurysms are very infrequent (0.1%) and the majority is related to atherosclerotic obstructive lesions. We describe a young male having no conventional coronary risk factors presenting with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed a prominent aneurysm of the left main coronary artery with selective extension towards the proximal left circumflex artery without associated coronary lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. navgarg@sgpgi.ac.in
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Nagaraja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moorthy
mesh_terms: D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult