[False aneurysm of the left ventricle and coronary aneurysms in Behçet disease]

Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1993 Sep;86(9):1383-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A false left ventricular aneurysm and coronary artery aneurysm were discovered in a 29 year old patient with Behçet's syndrome. The operation under cardiopulmonary bypass consisted of closing the neck of the false aneurysm by an endo-aneurysmal approach with a Gore-Tex patch. The coronary artery aneurysms were respected. There were no postoperative complications. Cardiac involvement is rare in Behçet's syndrome (6%). The originality of this case is the association of two aneurysmal pathologies: the coronary and ventricular aneurysms due to the angiitis and the myocardial fragility induced by ischaemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Behcet Syndrome / complications*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Heart Aneurysm / etiology*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed