Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Aneurysm: Report of Five Cases and Review of Literature

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Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Aneurysm

Report of Five Cases and Review of Literature

Rene A. Oliveros, MD; Herman L. Falsetti, MD; Robyn J. Carroll; Robert A. Heinle, MD; Gerald F. Ryan, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1974;134(6):1072-1076.

Abstract

Five patients had angiographically proved coronary artery aneurysms.The clinical picture was similar to that of patients with ordinarycoronary artery disease. The coronary artery aneurysms weremultiple and associated with extensive coronary atherosclerosis.The natural history of this condition is not known. Of the threepatients treated medically and two patients treated surgically,all are alive one to two years later.

Author Affiliations

From the Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo (Drs. Oliveros, Falsetti, and Ms. Carroll) and the Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (Drs. Ryan and Heinle).

Footnotes

Received for publication Dec 6, 1973; accepted Feb 26, 1974.

Dr. Falsetti and Ms. Carroll are now at the University of IowaHospital. Reprint requests to Cardiovascular Division, Universityof Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA 52242 (Dr. Falsetti).

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