Coronary artery fistulae are uncommon but may be haemodynamically significant, being an incidental finding in 0.1-0.2% of coronary angiograms. Even rarer is the association between fistulae and non-atherosclerotic coronary artery aneurysms. They most frequently originate in the right coronary artery, and the right cardiac chambers are the most common draining chambers. Most children are asympto...

AN aneurysm restricted to the left aortic 1A.t sinus is extremely rare. Aneurysms of an aortic sinus most often involve the right (related to the right coronary artery) or the posterior (noncoronary) sinuses. The left aortic sinus may participate with the other two in aneurysmal dilatation, such as occurs in the Marfan syndrome. Described in this communication is an aneurysm that involved the t...

AN aneurysm restricted to the left aortic 1A.t sinus is extremely rare. Aneurysms of an aortic sinus most often involve the right (related to the right coronary artery) or the posterior (noncoronary) sinuses. The left aortic sinus may participate with the other two in aneurysmal dilatation, such as occurs in the Marfan syndrome. Described in this communication is an aneurysm that involved the t...

Here, we present a case of 56-year-old man with acute myocardial infarction. The patient underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at the left main bifurcation and mid-left anterior descending artery using drugeluting stents. Four months after PCI, was readmitted for cardiac arrest. Coronary angiography (CAG) revealed stent thrombosis in main-toproximal in-stent restenosis circumflex a...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this article is to make an evaluation on the clinical features of patients with Kawasaki disease who require a cardiac surgical procedure including coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary arterial aneurysmorrhaphy or heart transplantation. METHODS English literature of Kawasaki disease for cardiac surgery (1990-2011) was retrieved in the Pubmed database. The clinical f...

INTRODUCTION Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as coronary dilatation which exceeds the diameter of the normal adjacent artery segments or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary artery by 1.5 times. The incidence of giant CAA is difficult to be determined, since only few reports have been described in the literature. METHODS AND RESULTS A 65-year-old man was referred to our ho...

BACKGROUND Coronary fistulae are occasionally detected using echocardiography or coronary angiography. We report a patient with cardiac tamponade because of a ruptured aneurysm of a coronary artery fistula. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old man was referred to our hospital with sudden onset of chest pain and unconsciousness. He was initially diagnosed with cardiac tamponade for type A acute aor...

This video demonstrates a challenging case of giant subclavian and axillary artery aneurysm in patient with Marfan syndrome multiple prior aortic interventions coronary bypass graft presenting nerve compression. was successfully treated via hybrid approach due to complexity. eyJraWQiOiI4ZjUxYWNhY2IzYjhiNjNlNzFlYmIzYWFmYTU5NmZmYyIsImFsZyI6IlJTMjU2In0.eyJzdWIiOiI2M2RkMDAzODFmMmQ3OTliOTkyZTk2MjA0Y...

The left ventricular aneurysm is one of the most significant complications of myocardial infarction and is defined as the expansion of the ventricular wall. The coronary artery aneurysm is characterized by an abnormal dilation of the localized portion of the coronary artery, and its main cause is atherosclerosis. We herein report an unusual case of coronary artery and left ventricular aneurysms...

We experienced an unusual case of cardiac tamponde caused by a rupture of the coronary arteriovenous aneurysm in a 54-year-old woman. The patient was suffered from sudden chest pain and syncope, and was initially managed by pericardiocentesis following an echocardiogram which revealed a massive pericardial effusion with signs of cardiac tamponade. She was referred to our hospital under the impr...