PMID: 6969827Jan 1, 1981Paper

Giant coronary pseudoaneurysm. Five-year follow-up after bypass grafting

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
P K ChunW H Brott

Abstract

A roentgenogram of the shoulder in a 25-year-old man with an athletic injury revealed a large mass along the left heart border. Evaluation with coronary arteriography established the diagnosis of a massive aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The aneurysm was excised and a saphenous vein bypass graft was placed into the distal artery. Histologic examination revealed that the excised segment was a false aneurysm. Five years postoperatively, the patient is asymptomatic and the graft remains widely patent.

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