Rupture of right coronary artery aneurysm into the right atrium.
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A 63-year-old man presented with acute congestive heart failure and was found to have a continuous murmur. Two years earlier, he had an inferior myocardial infarct, when no murmurs were heard. Angiography showed a right coronary artery aneurysm communicating with the right atrium. The distal vessel was occluded. The aneurysm was resected and the patient remains well. It is proposed that this was a congenital aneurysm which led firstly to the myocardial infarct and finally ruptured into the right atrium.
منابع مشابه
Coronary artery aneurysm with a fistulous connection to the right atrium mimicking a sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 40 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978