Key result
Emergency surgical treatment comprising coronary artery aneurysmectomy, fistula repair, and bypass grafting successfully saved a 50-year-old man with cardiac tamponade caused by a ruptured 16 mm coronary artery aneurysm.
Why the study?
Reports of surgical treatment for ruptured coronary artery aneurysm are rare.
Case Report (n=1)
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Surgical intervention comprising aneurysmectomy, fistula repair, and CABG is a viable and life-saving treatment for ruptured coronary artery aneurysm with CA-PA fistula presenting as cardiac tamponade.
Successful repair of ruptured coronary aneurysm with fistula documented; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.
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Sato et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Ruptured coronary artery aneurysm (n=1). Coronary artery aneurysmectomy, CA-PA fistula repair, and CABG was evaluated on Patient survival and hospital discharge. Emergency surgical treatment comprising coronary artery aneurysmectomy, fistula repair, and bypass grafting successfully saved a 50-year-old man with cardiac tamponade caused by a ruptured 16 mm coronary artery aneurysm.
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