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

Moath Said Alfawara, Vivek Modi, Min Fang Chao, Malek Nayfeh, Fares Alahdab, Mahmoud Alrifai, Mouaz Al-Mallah

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)14-17
Number of pages4
JournalMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • atherosclerosis
  • giant coronary artery aneurysm
  • multimodality cardiac imaging
  • right coronary artery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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