Congenital Coronary Aneurysm: Unusual Presentation of Myocardial Ischemia in Children.
Walid SimryHamood Al KindiYaser SedkyHassan KamlSoha RomaihCathrina Van DoornPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2019)
Coronary artery aneurysms in children are usually associated with inflammatory disease such as Kawasaki disease or connective tissue disease. Congenital coronary aneurysm is a rare entity with few case reports published in the literature. We report an unusual case of congenital coronary aneurysm in an 11-year-old boy presented to our center with an ischemic cardiac event. Further investigations including computed tomography scan, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and coronary angiography revealed a large aneurysm arising from the proximal segment of left anterior descending (LAD) artery. Surgical repair was done including aneurysm resection and roofing the LAD artery using autologous saphenous vein patch.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left ventricular
- young adults
- systematic review
- coronary artery disease
- positron emission tomography
- oxidative stress
- contrast enhanced
- bone marrow
- heart failure
- case report
- cell therapy
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance
- blood brain barrier
- cerebral ischemia
- diffusion weighted imaging
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction