PMID: 22358286Feb 24, 2012Paper

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery after acute myocardial infarction caused by thrombosis of coronary aneurysm

Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular : órgão oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Victor Rodrigues Ribeiro FerreiraDomingo Marcolino Braile

Abstract

The morphology of coronary aneurysm sets a predisposing factor to thrombus formation. However, the blood stasis caused by the change in flow may not be enough to cause thromboembolic events.

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