Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft
Giant coronary artery aneurysms are rare and challenging to treat because of variation in the presenting symptoms and the lack of established management guidelines. We report the case of a patient with a 6-cm-wide giant coronary artery aneurysm that was resected, followed by reconstruction using a s...
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Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
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| author | Yelee Kwon Chong Bin Park Pil Je Kang Won Chul Cho |
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| description | Giant coronary artery aneurysms are rare and challenging to treat because of variation in the presenting symptoms and the lack of established management guidelines. We report the case of a patient with a 6-cm-wide giant coronary artery aneurysm that was resected, followed by reconstruction using a saphenous vein graft and 18 years of follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-232e7c97b43c4be295d621cfe98f722d2022-12-21T20:12:44ZengKorean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular SurgeryJournal of Chest Surgery2765-16062765-16142021-06-0154322122310.5090/jcs.20.109Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein GraftYelee Kwon0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4386-7520Chong Bin Park1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3249-8782Pil Je Kang2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-0911Won Chul Cho3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3858-6516University of Ulsan College of MedicineUniversity of Ulsan College of MedicineUniversity of Ulsan College of MedicineUniversity of Ulsan College of MedicineGiant coronary artery aneurysms are rare and challenging to treat because of variation in the presenting symptoms and the lack of established management guidelines. We report the case of a patient with a 6-cm-wide giant coronary artery aneurysm that was resected, followed by reconstruction using a saphenous vein graft and 18 years of follow-up.coronary aneurysmsaphenous vein |
| spellingShingle | Yelee Kwon Chong Bin Park Pil Je Kang Won Chul Cho Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft Journal of Chest Surgery coronary aneurysm saphenous vein |
| title | Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft |
| title_full | Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft |
| title_fullStr | Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft |
| title_short | Eighteen Years of Follow-up after Resection of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Reconstruction with a Vein Graft |
| title_sort | eighteen years of follow up after resection of a giant coronary artery aneurysm and reconstruction with a vein graft |
| topic | coronary aneurysm saphenous vein |
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