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Cardiac tamponade due to spontaneous rupture of right coronary artery aneurysm
S Wan1, J L LeClerc, J L Vachiery
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Erasme, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
A case of acute cardiac tamponade caused by spontaneous rupture of a right coronary artery aneurysm is reported. The aneurysm, which was present distally, was ligated during operation. Postoperative angiography suggested the aneurysm was congenital. The patient is doing well 5 months after operation.