Atherosclerotic left main coronary artery aneurysm—Case reports

Chun-Yao Huang; Cheng-Hsiung Huang; Jaw-Wen Chen,; Shing-Jong Lin,; Tse-Min Lu,

doi:10.1007/s00547-004-1066-y

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Int J Angiol 2004; 13(2): 89-91
DOI: 10.1007/s00547-004-1066-y

Case Reports

Atherosclerotic left main coronary artery aneurysm—Case reports

Chun-Yao Huang¹ , Cheng-Hsiung Huang² , Jaw-Wen Chen¹,³ , Shing-Jong Lin¹,³ , Tse-Min Lu¹,³

¹Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
²Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
³National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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30. April 2011 (online)

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Abstract

Coronary artery aneurysm is uncommon and mostly caused by coronary atherosclerosis. Although usually asymptomatic, it may cause catastrophes due to aneurysm rupture, vasospasm, or thromboembolism formation. Coronary artery aneurysm most frequently involves the right coronary artery, followed in frequency by the left circumflex coronary artery and the left anterior descending coronary artery; it rarely involves the left main coronary artery. Herein present two cases with left main coronary artery aneurysm and briefly discuss their treatment.