Giant coronary artery aneurysm in a patient with Behçet's disease

David G Greenhouse; Katherine Hackett; Philip Kahn; Leora B Balsam; Aubrey C Galloway

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01223.x

Giant coronary artery aneurysm in a patient with Behçet's disease

J Card Surg. 2011 May;26(3):268-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01223.x. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

Authors

David G Greenhouse¹, Katherine Hackett, Philip Kahn, Leora B Balsam, Aubrey C Galloway

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 21443731
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01223.x

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a rare autoimmune vasculitis that may cause coronary artery aneurysms. We discuss the evaluation and management decisions for a 19-year-old female with a giant rapidly expanding aneurysm of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery and Behçet's disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Behcet Syndrome / complications*
Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
Coronary Aneurysm / surgery
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Coronary Vessels / surgery*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ligation
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Severity of Illness Index
Young Adult