Abstract
We describe a case of a 54-year-old woman who had a right cardiac mass found on coronary
angiography. Echocardiography, computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance
imaging characterized it as a thrombosed giant right coronary artery aneurysm. This
was confirmed on pathology. We present the role of multimodality cardiovascular imaging
in the diagnosis and characterization of a giant coronary artery aneurysm.
Résumé
Nous décrivons le cas d’une femme de 54 ans chez qui l’on a observé la présence d’une
masse cardiaque droite à l’angiographie coronarienne. L’échocardiographie, la tomodensitométrie
et l’imagerie cardiaque par résonance magnétique ont permis la caractérisation d’un
anévrisme géant de l’artère coronaire droite, qui a été confirmé par la pathologie.
Nous présentons le rôle de l’imagerie cardiovasculaire multimodale dans le diagnostic
et la caractérisation d’un anévrisme coronarien géant.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 23, 2018
Accepted:
August 19,
2018
Received:
April 27,
2018
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Crown Copyright © 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. All rights reserved.