Incidental Finding of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms Successfully Treated with Medical Therapy

Incidental Finding of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms Successfully Treated with Medical Therapy

We report a case of a 30-year-old male who presented with signs and symptoms of respiratory infection with left lower lobe consolidation and cardiomegaly on a chest radiography. The presence of cardiomegaly lead to further cardiac evaluation revealing giant coronary aneurysms. The patient was treate...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case Reports in Cardiology 2019-01, Vol.2019 (2019), p.1-5
Hauptverfasser: Shammas, Rony, Movahed, Assad, Sengodan, Prasanna
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aneurysms
Angiography
Atherosclerosis
Blood clots
Calcification
Cardiac patients
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Case Report
Case reports
Coronary vessels
Etiology
Heart
Kawasaki disease
Legal medicine
Lung diseases
Medical imaging
Patients
Thoracic surgery
Ultrasonic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of a 30-year-old male who presented with signs and symptoms of respiratory infection with left lower lobe consolidation and cardiomegaly on a chest radiography. The presence of cardiomegaly lead to further cardiac evaluation revealing giant coronary aneurysms. The patient was treated conservatively with Coumadin and aspirin and has done well at four years of follow-up.
ISSN:2090-6404
2090-6412
DOI:10.1155/2019/7185383