Cardiac tamponade due to rupture of a giant coronary artery aneurysm with a coronary arteriovenous fistula: a case report

Cardiac tamponade due to rupture of a giant coronary artery aneurysm with a coronary arteriovenous fistula: a case report

Abstract Background Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as dilatation exceeding 1.5 times the width of the normal adjacent coronary artery segments. CAA usually causes few symptoms, and rupture is rare, but can be lethal due to cardiac tamponade when it does occur. Case presentation A 79-year-...

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Main Authors: Yu Shomura, Toru Mizumoto, Kazuya Fujinaga, Yasuhiro Sawada, Hisato Ito, Satoshi Teranishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Cardiac tamponade
Giant coronary artery aneurysm
Coronary arteriovenous fistula
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0597-6

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