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Giant right coronary artery aneurysm complicated by acute myocardial infarction

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A coronary artery aneurysm is uncommon and frequently asymptomatic. This report presents a surgical case of a giant coronary artery aneurysm complicated by acute myocardial infarction. A 26-year-old man with sudden chest pain was referred to our hospital. Myocardial infarction was suspected, and emergency coronary angiography was performed. A giant coronary aneurysm was found in the mid-portion of the right coronary artery. The aneurysm, which was thrombosis-occluded, was successfully resected, and the right coronary artery was anastomosed in an end-to-end fashion. Although the strategy for treating a coronary artery aneurysm without myocardial ischemia remains controversial, surgical intervention should be considered in cases with a giant coronary artery aneurysm, even if asymptomatic, provided the surgical risk is low.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Sakakibara Heart Institute of Okayama, Marunouchi 2-1-10, Okayama, 700-0823, Japan

    Hitoshi Kanamitsu, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Masahiko Kuinose & Yoshimasa Tsushima

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0636-5.

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Kanamitsu, H., Yoshitaka, H., Kuinose, M. et al. Giant right coronary artery aneurysm complicated by acute myocardial infarction. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 58, 186–189 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-009-0478-1

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