title: Postoperative coronary aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling.
abstract: We present a rare case of aneurysm formation of the circumflex coronary artery after a Bentall procedure. Implantation of a stent graft in the circumflex artery and closure of the aneurysm neck failed. An endovascular procedure was used to coil the aneurysm and prevent rupture. Further recovery was uneventful. Angiography did not reveal flow in the aneurysmal sack 22 months after the procedure. To our knowledge, this is the first described case of coiling a postoperative coronary artery aneurysm with an almost 2-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: eszpakowski@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Eugeniusz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szpakowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kordecki
authors.affiliation: Department of Coronary and Structural Heart Diseases, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demkow
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michalowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mol
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stachurski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period