Open AccessNatural History of a Giant Coronary Aneurysm With Spontaneous Dissection
Author(s) -
BouzasMosquera Alberto,
VázquezGonzález Nicolás,
ÁlvarezGarcía Nemesio,
Soler Rafaela,
Rodríguez Esther,
CalviñoSantos Ramón,
CastroBeiras Alfonso
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.20531
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , artery dissection , dissection (medical) , coronary artery aneurysm , cardiology , natural history , right coronary artery , coronary atherosclerosis , artery , surgery , coronary artery disease , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , kawasaki disease
Primary spontaneous coronary artery dissection may appear in young women during the peripartum period or as a result of atherosclerosis. We present a patient with familial hypercholesterolemia who developed a giant aneurysm of the right coronary artery in the setting of atherosclerotic spontaneous coronary dissection over an 8 year period. This report illustrates the association between spontaneous coronary artery dissection and subsequent coronary aneurysm formation. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.