Giant coronary aneurysm culprit of an acute coronary syndrome

Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2018 Feb;37(2):203.e1-203.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2016.11.017. Epub 2018 Jan 6.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

A 66-year-old male ex-smoker with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia was admitted due to a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The catheterisation depicted an extensive and calcified disease: chronic total obstruction of the right coronary and severe disease with a giant aneurysm at the first marginal branch as the culprit vessel. After discussion, the right coronary was treated before the circumflex-giant aneurysm was closed with a stent graft and its multiple severe stenosis solved with two drug-eluting stents. We provide a multimodality approach for a complex case and briefly discuss the available options.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Aneurisma coronário; CT-Scan; CT-scan; Coronary aneurysm; IVUS; Multimodalidade; Multimodality; OCT; Síndrome coronária aguda.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
  • Aged
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male