title: Treatment of a giant coronary artery aneurysm: intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography findings.
abstract: A giant coronary aneurysm (GCA) partially thrombosed was demonstrated in a 77-year-old patient evaluated for an inferior myocardial infarction. Primary angioplasty (balloon only) with suboptimal result was initially obtained. After triple antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy (4 days), a new angiography was performed and a fusiform GCA was clearly delineated. A second percutaneous intervention was performed using a "scaffolding technique" with conventional stent and subsequent implantation of 2 polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents to successfully exclude the aneurysm. This case demonstrates a novel technique to treat long GCA.
authors: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, Clinico San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors: Jaime
authors: J
authors: Dutary
authors: Brian
authors: B
authors: Zakhem
authors: Camino Bañuelos
authors: CB
authors: DE Lucas
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Paulo
authors: Nieves
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authors: Gonzalo
authors: Fernando
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authors: Alfonso