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

Int Heart Journal Assoc

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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Anahtar Kelimeler

Coronary Artery Aneurysm, Spontaneous Rupture, Myocardial Infarction

Kaynak

Japanese Heart Journal

WoS Q Değeri

Q4

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N/A

Cilt

45

Sayı

2

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