Surgery for a giant atherosclerotic left main trifurcation saccular coronary artery aneurysm
Mehmet Cahit Saricaoglu1, Yusuf Corbacioglu2, Salih Anil Boga1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are rare clinical entities with an incidence of 0.1%. We herein report a case of left main trifurcation aneurysm in a 57-year-old woman whose coronary angiography demonstrated a giant saccular aneurysm of trifurcation of the left main coronary artery, measuring 32 × 21 mm with tight post-aneurysmal stenosis in the intermediate artery. The patient underwent coronary artery bypass grafting following the resection of CAA and reconstruction with saphenous vein roof-plasty, which ensured the preservation of the native coronary vasculature. At the 6-month follow-up, she remained asymptomatic and preserved preoperative left ventricular function.


