Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Aneurysm, Rare Case

Year 2013, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 240 - 242, 01.03.2012

Özcan Gür Selami Gürkan Demet Özkaramanlı Gür Şeref Alpsoy Cavidan Arar

https://doi.org/10.5578/kkd.4595

Abstract

Left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon coronary anomaly. We describe herein a 72-year-old male presenting with effort angina whose coronary angiogram revealed left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm.

Keywords

Coronary artery, aneurysm, cardiac surgery.

Sol Ön İnen Koroner Arter Anevrizması, Nadir Gözlenen Bir Olgu

Abstract

Sol ön inen koroner arter anevrizması nadir gözlenen bir koroner anomalidir. Bu yazıda efor anjinası sebebiyle koroner anjiyografi yapılan ve sol ön inen koroner arter anevrizması saptanan 72 yaşında erkek olguyu sunmayı amaçladık.

Keywords

Koroner arter, anevrizma, kardiyak cerrahi.

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