A case report of pseudoaneurysm of coronary artery within a month of percutaneous coronary intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronary artery pseudoaneurysms (PSAs) are uncommon and have poorly understood natural history. Unlike true aneurysms, PSAs do not have all the three layers of the vessel in the aneurysmal wall. The PSAs are most commonly seen after an overzealous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) which causes damage to the vessel wall. They usually develop slowly after PCI and PSAs within a month of a PCI are not so common. The PSA may be asymptomatic or present with recurrent angina.

Case summary

Here, we report a case of symptomatic PSA to right coronary artery (RCA). The patient had a myocardial infarction for which a PCI was performed to deploy a drug-eluting stent (DES) in the RCA. The patient had in-stent restenosis (ISR) within a week of PCI for which plain old ball

SUBMITTER: Sharma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9071343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature