Figure 2: An aortogram revealed a giant aneurysm (arrow heads) arising from the aortic root. There was extremely slow contrast filling and washout of the giant aneurysm (A and B). A right ventricular angiogram demonstrated obstruction at the main pulmonary artery (C). Emergent surgery was performed because of the patient’s severe condition. After opening the pericardium, a giant aneurysm with d...

kawasaki disease (kd) is an acute vasculitis syndrome of unknown etiology. it occurs in infants and young children, affecting mainly small and medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. generalized microvasculitis occurs in the first 10 days, and the inflammation persists in the walls of medium and small arteries, especially the coronary arteries, and changes to coronary artery ...

introduction: kawasaki syndrome is an acute febrile vasculitis with multiorgan involvment in children. the objective of this study was assessment of demographic, clinical and laboratory data of kawasaki patients in yazd. methods: in a descriptive-analytic study, the hospital records of patients treated for kawasaki disease in all hospitals with pediatric wards between march 1996 and march 2006 ...

transradial coronary angiography has been known as an alternative to the transfemoral approach with fewer serious complications. radial artery pseudoaneurysms present as a rare complication of transradial catheterization. although some methods have been applied for the obliteration of pseudoaneurysms, the use of radial bands such as the tr band ® (terumo medical corporation, somerset, nj) is a ...

Abstract Background Giant coronary artery aneurysms (GCAA) are a rare disease entity with an estimated incidence of 0.02%. Atherosclerosis is the most common underlying factor in adulthood. Management guidelines lack support large-scale studies. Case presentation We present case 58-year-old Caucasian male complaints stable dyspnea who was found to have GCAA right (RCA). Further evaluation revea...

osteogenesis imperfecta (oi) as an inherited connective tissue disorder can affect all tissues that contains type i collagen. well-known cardiac complications of this disease such as aortic root dilatation, aortic regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse have been rarely reported in the literature. coronary artery aneurysm is a rare cardiac complication in oi, as reported in a 19 year old female...

A 58-year old male patient who had undergone post-infarction ventricular septal defect closure and venous coronary bypass grafting to the obtuse marginal artery 2 years previously, presented with congestive heart failure. Echocardiography, computed tomography and ventriculography revealed a giant inferoposterior left ventricular aneurysm (Fig. 1A–D, Supplementary Video 1). Surgical left ventric...

A congenital coronary artery fistula (CCAF) combined with giant aneurysm (CAA) is a rare cardiac abnormality. We reported an 8-year-old patient who underwent transcatheter closure of both inlet and outlet proximal left (LCA)-to-left ventricular (LV) CAA 41 mm × 28 in diameter, during which acute occlusion anterior descending (LAD) occurred immediately after device implantation at the fistula. m...