Spontaneous rupture of a coronary artery aneurysm - A case report and review of the literature

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Tarih

2004

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Yayıncı

Japan Heart Journal, Second Dept Of Internal Med

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is. a rare disorder, characterized by abnormal dilatation of a localized portion or diffuse segments of the coronary artery. CAA may cause angina, myocardial infarction, sudden death due to thrombosis, embolisation, or rupture. In this report, a 63 year old Turkish male patient is presented who had an acute non-Q wave myocardial infarction due to spontaneous rupture of the left circumflex artery aneurysm. An extremely rare clinical presentation of rupture of a left circumflex CAA is discussed.

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WOS: 000221490800016
PubMed: 15090710

Anahtar Kelimeler

coronary artery aneurysm, spontaneous rupture, myocardial infarction

Kaynak

Japanese Heart Journal

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Q4

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Cilt

45

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2

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