Surgical management of multiple giant coronary artery aneurysms determining myocardial ischemia.
Andrea GarattiAndrea DapratiGuglielmo SaittoCarlo deVincentiisLorenzo MenicantiPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare lesions in which the optimal management is poorly defined. We present a series of three patients with diffuse symptomatic coronary artery disease and giant CAAs, on the circumflex branch (6 × 5 cm - Patient 1), on the proximal right coronary artery (5 × 6 cm - Patient 2) and on the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) (4 × 5 cm - Patient 3). Standard coronary artery bypass grafting (LIMA-on-LAD plus sequential saphenous vein) and associated CAA exclusion by proximal and distal ligation was performed according to the coronary anatomy. Six month follow-up computed tomography scan control showed complete exclusion of the CAA in all three patients.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- case report
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular events
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart failure
- minimally invasive
- type diabetes
- acute coronary syndrome
- patient reported
- dual energy
- coronary artery bypass
- pet ct