Treatment of left anterior descending artery aneurysm
Mirsad Kacila1, Marco L S Matteucci, Stefano Bevilacqua
1Department of Cardiac Surgery--Hospital "G. Pasquinucci" Massa, Via Aurelia sud-Massa, Italy.
Abstract:
Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are rare and their management is controversial. Their incidence varies from 1,5% to 5% of the coronary angiographies, with predilection of the right coronary artery. Unruptured coronary aneurysms are often silent and may remain undiagnosed. The etiology can be either congenital or acquired. We describe a case of a left anterior descending artery (LAD) aneurysm treated with an off-pump surgical revascularization with a LIMA to LAD without exclusion or ligature of the aneurysm.
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