Fistula-producing giant coronary aneurysm in a 62-year-old woman

Jannik Langtved Pallisgaard, Nis Ottesen Stride, Peter San Myschetzky, Jan Bech

Abstract

Giant coronary aneurysms (GCA with a diameter > 20 mm) are rare with a prevalence < 0.02%. A 62-year-old woman with no history of ischaemic heart disease was admitted to hospital with acute chest pain. A coronary angiography revealed a left an-terior descendent-associated GCA. A cardiac computed tomo-g-raphy demonstrated a "snake-pit"-like fistula connecting the GCA and the pulmonary artery. Atherosclerosis, connective tissue dis-orders, and previous coronary intervention will predispose to GCA. No evidence-based treatment regimen exists, but coiling, excision or a conservative approach, as in this case, is possible strategies.

Bidragets oversatte titelFistula-producing giant coronary aneurysm in a 62-year-old woman
OriginalsprogDansk
TidsskriftUgeskrift for Laeger
Vol/bind176
Udgave nummer25A
ISSN0041-5782
StatusUdgivet - 15 dec. 2014

Emneord

  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula/diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm/complications
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels/diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery/diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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