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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1462557
This article is part of the Research Topic Case Reports in Heart Surgery: 2024 View all articles

Case Report: Surgical Management of Traumatic Giant Coronary Artery Pseudoaneurysm with Pericardial Patch Repair and Ostium Isolation

Provisionally accepted
Hongjia Ma Hongjia Ma Hong Qian Hong Qian Wei Meng Wei Meng *
  • West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

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    There is limited literature regarding cases of giant coronary artery aneurysms (GCAAs), and instances of giant coronary artery pseudoaneurysms caused by trauma are exceedingly rare. Here is a case presentation of an adult male who developed a giant coronary artery pseudoaneurysm following trauma. Successful surgical intervention was performed, involving repair of the aneurysmal opening with a pericardial patch and isolation of the right coronary artery ostium into the aortic root.One month postoperatively, a follow-up transthoracic echocardiogram revealed thrombotic occlusion within the residual lumen of the right coronary artery aneurysm, with contiguous echogenicity extending from the aortic sinus to the right coronary artery.

    Keywords: coronary artery aneurysm, Coronary artery pseudoaneurysm, Giant coronary artery pseudoaneurysm, Surgical intervention, Trauma

    Received: 10 Jul 2024; Accepted: 16 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ma, Qian and Meng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Wei Meng, West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

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