Multiple giant coronary artery aneurysms with extended coronary ectasia emerging 12 years after previous coronary artery bypass grafting. (August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fujii, Taro; Mutsuga, Masato; Narita, Yuji; Tokuda, Yoshiyuki; Terazawa, Sachie; Ito, Hideki; Uchida, Wataru; Yuhara, Satoshi; Usui, Akihiko
• Is Part Of: SAGE open medical case reports. Volume 10(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-08
• Subjects: Coronary artery aneurysms -- coronary artery ectasia -- post operation; Clinical medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 616.09
• DOI: 10.1177/2050313X221116681
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-313X

Abstract

A 73-year-old man presented with multiple giant coronary artery aneurysms. Twelve years prior to the presentation, he had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting. At that time, he exhibited small aneurysms (16 mm diameter) in the right coronary artery and a single aneurysm (10 mm diameter) in the left circumflex artery. During follow-up, the aneurysms gradually increased in size (to 45 and 30 mm, respectively, at 12 years after surgery). We resected all of the aneurysms and performed coronary artery bypass grafting of the left circumflex artery through re-sternotomy.