Successful treatment of a ruptured spontaneous dissecting coronary artery pseudoaneurysm with a covered stent in a patient with cardiac tamponade.
The rupture of spontaneous dissecting coronary artery pseudoaneurysms is rare, and no standard therapy has yet been established for this condition. This report describes a case of a ruptured spontaneous dissecting coronary artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient with cardiac tamponade that was successfully treated with emergent implantation of a covered stent.
Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki Rosai Hospital, Japan.
Hiroaki
H
Kawano
Yuji
Y
Matsumoto
Osami
O
Satoh
Shuji
S
Arakawa
Motonobu
M
Hayano
Hiroyuki
H
Suyama
Koji
K
Maemura
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene