Acute respiratory insufficiency and giant coronary artery aneurysm with fistula

Acute respiratory insufficiency and giant coronary artery aneurysm with fistula

Several causes of acute respiratory insufficiency have been reported in the literature. We describe a case in which it was caused by a rare combination of a giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistula that occurred in a 56-year-old woman with concomitant congenital hypothyroidism. Diagnostic t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 2004-05, Vol.77 (5), p.1823-1825
Hauptverfasser: Mignosa, Carmelo, Agati, Salvatore, Bianca, Innocenzo, Salvo, Dario, Pittella, Giuseppe, Ciccarello, Giuseppe
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary Aneurysm - complications
Coronary Aneurysm - epidemiology
Coronary heart disease
Dilatation, Pathologic
Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous
Female
Fistula - etiology
Heart
Heart Diseases - etiology
Humans
Hypothyroidism - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pneumology
Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:Several causes of acute respiratory insufficiency have been reported in the literature. We describe a case in which it was caused by a rare combination of a giant right coronary artery aneurysm with fistula that occurred in a 56-year-old woman with concomitant congenital hypothyroidism. Diagnostic tools, differential diagnosis, surgical techniques, and follow-up at 1 year are discussed.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01272-4