Rapidly Evolving Coronary Aneurysm in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Zendy

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Rapidly Evolving Coronary Aneurysm in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Author(s) -

Reji Pappy,

Siddharth A. Wayangankar,

Thomachan Kalapura,

Mazen AbuFadel

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

cardiology research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2090-8016

pISSN - 2090-0597

DOI - 10.4061/2011/659439

Subject(s) - medicine , ectasia , rheumatoid arthritis , aneurysm , circumflex , coronary artery disease , cardiology , coronary artery aneurysm , coronary artery ectasia , artery , arthritis , coronary angiography , radiology , myocardial infarction , kawasaki disease

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation in the setting of an acute inflammatory state due to connective tissue disease is rare. We report a case of rapid progression from an ectatic to an aneursymatic left circumflex coronary artery leading to an acute coronary event in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report the accelerated growth of the aneurysm as it was temporally related to the lapse in treatment and the management strategies involved with this entity

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