INTRODUCTION Coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon disease. It is defined as a coronary artery dilatation, exceeding the diameter of the normal adjacent segment or the diameter of the patient's largest coronary vessel by 1.5 to 2 times. Coronary artery aneurysms are typically diagnosed by coronary angiography. The prognosis of coronary artery aneurysm is not well known and the management is c...

Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have an increased risk of intracranial aneurysms. Reports on arterial aneurysms in other locations have not been conclusive. The present study was initiated to investigate the prevalence of coronary aneurysms. Thirty ADPKD patients who had undergone coronary angiography on clinical indication were identified, 15 after renal tran...

Background Both aortic aneurysms and coronary artery ectasia (CAE) frequently coexist and are associated with more pronounced inflammation. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NL ratio) is widely used as a marker of inflammation. However, relation between CAE and NL ratio in patients with aortic aneurysms is not fully understood. This study was undertaken to assess relation between CAE and NL ratio...

The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for coronary lesions, the type of heart lesion present, and long-term outcome in Kawasaki disease. We studied 150 children, aged 3 months to 9.5 years, who met the criteria for a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. Of the 18% who were diagnosed with heart disease, 100% had coronary artery abnormalities, 11.1% had pancarditis, and 3.7%, mitral insuf...

A coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon disorder and is seen as a characteristic dilatation of a localized portion of the coronary artery. Clinical manifestation of a coronary artery aneurysm varies from an asymptomatic presentation to sudden death of a patient. Although coronary aneurysms are typically diagnosed by the use of coronary angiography, a new generation of coronary 64-slice multid...

The terms coronary artery ectasia and aneurysm are used to describe aneurysmal dilation of arteries. Coronary aneurysms uncommon frequently incidental finding in patients advised Angiography for disease evaluation. Aneurysmal arteries is observed up 5% undergoing angiography usually a localised dilatation segment more than 1.5-fold compared with adjacent normal segments. Aneurysms associated va...

This is the case of a patient with coronary aneurysms, who underwent CABG for surgical exclusion of these aneurysms, followed by implant of the bypass grafts to the arteries affected, with satisfactory short-term and long-term results.

Introduction. Coronary artery aneurysms are rare disorders, especially left main coronary aneurysm. In literature there number of reported cases with aneurysms, various localization, size, clinical presentation and way treatment. There is no unique consensus about the most adequate treatment in these patients; surgery still preferable, although some new experiences percutaneous The decision mad...

Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are exceedingly rare clinical entities, encountered incidentally in approximately 0.1% of patients who undergo routine angiography. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. Angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment. Depending on the severity of the coexisting coronary stenosis, patients with left main co...

[email protected] Introduction Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a focal or diffuse dilatation of a coronary artery, greater than 1.5 times the diameter of normal adjacent segments. And the Committee of the American Heart Association has defined giant aneurysms as those >8 mm [1,2]. The incidence giant coronary artery aneurysm is hard to be determined, because few studies hav...