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Left Upper Extremity Pain, Right Coronary Artery Culprit: A Puzzling Path to Aneurysm Discovery Cover

Left Upper Extremity Pain, Right Coronary Artery Culprit: A Puzzling Path to Aneurysm Discovery

Open Access
|Apr 2024

Abstract

Giant coronary artery aneurysm (GCA) is a rare disease afflicting 0.2% of the population. It is primarily attributed to atherosclerosis in adults and Kawasaki disease in children. Other uncommon etiologies include Takayasu arteritis and post-percutaneous coronary intervention.1,2 GCA lacks a universally accepted definition, with proposed criteria including a diameter exceeding 2 cm, 5 cm, or four times the normal vessel size.3 While the majority of GCAs are asymptomatic, a subset of patients present with angina, myocardial infarction from embolization or compression, heart failure due to fistula formation, or even sudden death.1 We report a case of an adult harboring a GCA involving the right coronary artery.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1287 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 14 - 17
Submitted on: Feb 6, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 10, 2024
Published on: Apr 5, 2024
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Moath Said Alfawara, Vivek Modi, Min-Fang Chao, Malek Nayfeh, Fares Alahdab, Mahmoud Alrifai, Mouaz Al-Mallah, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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