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Echocardiographic Diagnosis of a Partially Thrombosed Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Polycystic Disease
Author(s) -
HAUSMANN DIRK,
DÜRST URS N.,
FREI ULRICH,
DANIEL WERNER G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00502.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , cardiology , right coronary artery , coronary artery disease , radiology , artery , coronary angiography , coronary artery aneurysm , myocardial infarction
This report describes a patient with polycystic disease of the kidneys and the liver and an aneurysm of the proximal right coronary artery. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic imaging showed a 5 times 5 cm oval‐shaped, spherical tumor in the atrioventricular corner. The tumor was partially filled with homogenous echostructures. Coronary angiography showed aneurysmatic configuration of the right coronary artery, but no region demonstrating a mass of similar size and shape as seen by echocardiography. The finding of a partially thrombosed coronary artery aneurysm was subsequently confirmed by surgery.