Spontaneous closure of post-intervention left anterior descending coronary pseudoaneurysm
Coronary pseudoaneurysms are an unusual finding during coronary angiography and there are very little data on their prognosis in the literature. We report the case of a 62-year-old man admitted with an anterior myocardial infarction who developed a pseudoaneurysm in the mid left anterior descending...
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Published in: | Revista portuguesa de cardiologia Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 381.e1 - 381.e4 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier España
01-06-2014
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Summary: | Coronary pseudoaneurysms are an unusual finding during coronary angiography and there are very little data on their prognosis in the literature. We report the case of a 62-year-old man admitted with an anterior myocardial infarction who developed a pseudoaneurysm in the mid left anterior descending artery some days after a type I coronary perforation during coronary angioplasty. Spontaneous closure of the pseudoaneurysm was observed during hospital follow-up. Spontaneous closure of coronary pseudoaneurysms may be more common in clinical practice than previously thought, but few cases have been reported. As the natural history of post-intervention coronary pseudoaneurysms has been little investigated, reports of their occurrence may help to clarify their evolution.
Pseudoaneurimas coronários são raramente encontrados durante procedimentos hemodinâmicos e os dados na literatura sobre sua evolução são escassos. Relatamos o caso de um homem de 62 anos, admitido em nosso serviço com enfarte agudo do miocárdio de parede anterior, que desenvolveu um pseudoaneurisma da artéria descendente anterior após perfuração coronária durante a angioplastia primária. Durante o planeamento terapêutico para o tratamento invasivo do pseudoaneurisma, verificamos que ocluiu espontaneamente. Existem poucos relatos de oclusões espontâneas de pseudoaneurismas coronários na literatura, podendo ser um evento mais comum do que previamente pensado. Como a história natural dos pseudoaneurismas coronários é pouco conhecida, o relato de sua ocorrência e evolução pode ser útil no manejo de futuros casos. |
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ISSN: | 0870-2551 2174-2030 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.repc.2014.03.003 |