Successful surgical treatment of a giant coronary artery aneurysm presenting with recurrent profuse haemoptysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We present the case of successful resection of a giant aneurysm of the LAD presenting with recurrent severe haemoptysis in a 72-year old man. He was admitted to a regional hospital with fever, recurrent bloody sputum, weight loss and left sided chest pain, and de...

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Main Authors: Koeppe Michael, Hayward Philip AR, Mensah Opoku-Ware, Huth Christof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/36