Giant right coronary artery aneurysms presenting as a cardiac mass: Case report.

ABSTRACT:

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 hospital because of a "mass" in the right heart detected on echocardiography at a regular medical health examination, while he experienced no any symptoms. Coronary angiography showed the severe stenosis of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCX) and the diffusely ectatic change of the right coronary artery (RCA), but no mass was found in any of these

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5044915 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature