Between a rock and a hard place.
The authors present the case of a patient who presented with acute coronary syndrome requiring percutaneous coronary intervention. He was incidentally diagnosed with a large abdominal abdominal aortic aneurysm which developed acute inflammatory features with rapid sac expansion and imminent rupture. This short report aims to highlight several dilemma that confronted us during the management of this patient.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. regent.lee@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
Regent
R
Lee
Mark
M
Bratby
Raman
R
Uberoi
Ashok
A
Handa
Linda
L
Hands
D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male