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Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology
A Large Fusiform Aneurysm of the Left Main Coronary Artery: A Case Report [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2001; 29(9): 588-590

A Large Fusiform Aneurysm of the Left Main Coronary Artery: A Case Report

Rasim ENAR1, Alev ARAT ÖZKAN1, Mustafa ÇALIK1, Seçkin PEHLİVANOĞLU1, İsmail YÜKSELTAN1

Coronary arterial aneurysms defined as dilated coronary arterial segments > 1.5 times the diameter of adjacent normal segments are classifİed as either fusİform or saccular. They may be due to a variety of infectious and inflammatory lesions, but they are most commonly associated with atherosclerotic disease and rarely involve the left main coronary artery. W e report the case of a 62-year-old man with two-vessel disease and a large fusiform aneurysm of the left main coronary artery.

Keywords: Coronary aneurysm, coronary angiography

How to cite this article
Rasim ENAR, Alev ARAT ÖZKAN, Mustafa ÇALIK, Seçkin PEHLİVANOĞLU, İsmail YÜKSELTAN. A Large Fusiform Aneurysm of the Left Main Coronary Artery: A Case Report. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2001; 29(9): 588-590
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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