Giant coronary aneurysms producing chest pain

Abstract Background Coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) are defined as localized coronary artery dilations more than 1.5 times the diameter of the adjacent segments [1]. Giant coronary aneurysms (GCAA) are unusual and aneurysms on the left side are even rarer. Mechanisms are unclear, but seem predominat...

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Main Authors: Raymond Pfister, Yalda Sadeghi, Javier Orrit, René Prêtre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0872-4