Rupture of right coronary artery aneurysm into the right atrium

Br Heart J. 1978 Aug;40(8):938-9. doi: 10.1136/hrt.40.8.938.

Abstract

A 63-year-old man presented with acute congestive heart failure and was found to have a continuous murmur. Two years earlier, he had an inferior myocardial infarct, when no murmurs were heard. Angiography showed a right coronary artery aneurysm communicating with the right atrium. The distal vessel was occluded. The aneurysm was resected and the patient remains well. It is proposed that this was a congenital aneurysm which led firstly to the myocardial infarct and finally ruptured into the right atrium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Vessels
  • Fistula / etiology*
  • Heart Aneurysm / complications*
  • Heart Atria*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous