[A case of surgical treatment for cardiac tamponade caused by a ruptured coronary aneurysm accompanied by a coronary artery-pulmonary artery fistula]

Kyobu Geka. 2001 Jan;54(1):70-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 67-year-old woman experienced a sudden severe pain in the area of her left shoulder and back. Three days later the pain recurred, after which she fell into shock and was taken to another hospital by ambulance. A plain chest CT scan showed a cardiac tamponade, while an enhanced chest CT scan demonstrated a coronary aneurysm in the left anterior descending branch draining to the pulmonary artery. Coronary arteriography revealed a saccular type aneurysm, 5 cm in diameter, with a coronary artery-pulmonary artery fistula. After pericardiocentesis, she recovered from her state of shock. The patient was then transferred to our hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery. Under a cardiopulmonary bypass, the stem of the aneurysm and the fistula were ligated and resected. She recovered smoothly and was discharged on the 24th postoperative day.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications*
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / complications*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / surgery
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / surgery
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / surgery
  • Coronary Disease* / surgery
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome