STEMI With a Massive Coronary Aneurysm

Joel Ponte Monteiro, MD; Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, MD; Salvatore Brugaletta, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2020)

STEMI With a Massive Coronary Aneurysm

Joel Ponte Monteiro, MD,
Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, MD,
Salvatore Brugaletta, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Joel Ponte Monteiro, MD: Hospital Central do Funchal, Serviço de Cardiologia, Funchal, Portugal
Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, MD: Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Salvatore Brugaletta, MD, PhD: Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Address for correspondence: Dr. Salvatore Brugaletta, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Institut Clinic Cardiovascular, Calle Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 477 – 479

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An 83-year-old man with significant background comorbidities was admitted with an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. During primary percutaneous coronary intervention, a giant aneurysm is seen in the right coronary artery. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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