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