Giant coronary aneurysm culprit of an acute coronary syndrome

A 66-year-old male ex-smoker with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia was admitted due to a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The catheterisation depicted an extensive and calcified disease: chronic total obstruction of the right coronary and severe disease with a...

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Main Authors: Iván J. Núñez-Gil, Pedro Marcos Alberca, Nieves Gonzalo, Luis Nombela-Franco, Pablo Salinas, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255117309666
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Summary:A 66-year-old male ex-smoker with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia was admitted due to a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The catheterisation depicted an extensive and calcified disease: chronic total obstruction of the right coronary and severe disease with a giant aneurysm at the first marginal branch as the culprit vessel. After discussion, the right coronary was treated before the circumflex-giant aneurysm was closed with a stent graft and its multiple severe stenosis solved with two drug-eluting stents. We provide a multimodality approach for a complex case and briefly discuss the available options. Resumo: Um homem de 66 anos, ex-fumador, hipertenso, com diabetes tipo II e dislipidemia, foi admitido por enfarte do miocárdio sem supradesnivelamento de ST. O cateterismo revelou doença extensa e calcificada: oclusão crónica e total da artéria coronária direita e doença severa com aneurisma gigante da primeira obtusa marginal, como lesão alvo. Após discussão, foi tratada a artéria coronária direita e posteriormente foi encerrado o aneurisma gigante de circunflexa com um stent e as suas múltiplas estenoses severas foram resolvidas com dois stents com fármaco. Providenciamos uma abordagem multimodal para um caso complexo e discutimos brevemente as diferentes opções possíveis. Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, Coronary aneurysm, OCT, IVUS, CT-scan, Multimodality, Palavras-chave: Síndrome coronária aguda, Aneurisma coronário, OCT, IVUS, CT-Scan, Multimodalidade
ISSN:0870-2551