Case Report: A Rare Case of a Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2015 Apr-Jun;11(2):135-6. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-11-2-135.

Abstract

We report the case of a 34-year-old female patient with a giant thrombus-filled aneurysm of the right coronary artery presenting as a spherical cardiac mass on echocardiography. The cardiac mass was found to be an 8-cm right coronary artery aneurysm on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, which also revealed a 3.5-cm proximal left coronary aneurysm and a very small aneurysm at the origin of the obtuse marginal coronary artery. Due to the extent and size of the right coronary aneurysm, a decision for surgical intervention was made. Resection of the right coronary artery aneurysm with vein graft replacement and a bypass to the left anterior descending followed by subsequent exclusion of the aneurysm was successfully performed.

Keywords: coronary artery bypass; giant coronary artery aneurysm; right coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / diagnosis
  • Coronary Aneurysm* / surgery
  • Coronary Angiography / methods
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Vessels* / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels* / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome