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Coil embolization of a giant atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysm
P C Rath1, N K Panigrahi, M K Agarwala
1Director Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, 500-033 Hyderabad, AP, India. drpcrath@hotmail.com
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|April 4, 2000
Abstract:
The incidence of the coronary artery aneurysm varies from 1.5-5%. Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of coronary artery aneurysm in adults. A discrete, giant, saccular atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysm in an artery without significant proximal stenosis is rare. We report the first such case of a giant atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysm successfully treated with coil embolization.