title: Successful correction of congenital giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistula to left ventricle.
abstract: A 26-year-old male presented with radiographical evidence of enlargement of the right side of the heart. Echocardiography and computed tomography-scan revealed a diffuse, hugely enlarged right coronary artery (RCA) aneurysm, with the distal portion flowing directly into the left ventricle (LV). A radical correction operation was performed successfully. The RCA was reconstructed with an autograft of a greater saphenous vein after the aneurysm was removed and the RCA-to-LV fistula was closed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on 12th day after operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan 430030, China.
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jiangtao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Tiecheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*