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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 25, 372-376, Copyright © 1978 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
SZ Glickel, PR Maggs and FH Ellis Jr
The case is presented of a 28-year-old woman with systemic vasculitis,
aortic insufficiency, and an aneurysm of the proximal right coronary
artery. More than 100 patients with coronary artery aneurysm have been
reported, and this represents the twenty-first case treated surgically.
Coronary artery aneurysms occur more frequently than previously realized
and are seen in approximately 1.5% of patients with coronary artery
disease. In addition to arteriosclerotic aneurysm, other common types of
coronary aneurysm include those occurring congenitally or from mycosis,
dissection, trauma, vasculitis, or periarteritis nodosa. Because of the
risk of thrombosis and rupture, aneurysmectomy and saphenous vein bypass
grafting are recommended for all but small, diffuse, or multiple aneurysms
or dissecting aneurysms.
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Coronary artery aneurysm
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