Pulmonary artery aneurysm leading to coronary ischemia

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7711

Murat Başaran, Nihat Çine, Eylül Kafalı, Tuncer Eylem Yayla, Füsun Güzelmeriç, Akın Arslan, Hakan Ceyran

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7711

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Pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare clinical entity and its definitive diagnosis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. In this article, we report on a 27-year-old female patient admitted with the signs and symptoms of coronary ischemia due to the compression of pulmonary artery aneurysm on the left main coronary artery. The patient underwent successful surgical correction.

Keywords : Chest pain; coronary ischemia; pulmonary artery aneurysm

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