Coronary artery aneurysm rupture mimicking dissection of the thoracic aorta

K M Channon; A P Banning; C H Davies; Y Bashir

doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00086-2

Coronary artery aneurysm rupture mimicking dissection of the thoracic aorta

Int J Cardiol. 1998 Jun 1;65(1):115-7. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00086-2.

Authors

K M Channon¹, A P Banning, C H Davies, Y Bashir

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK. keith.channon@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

PMID: 9699940
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00086-2

Abstract

Acute dissection of the ascending aorta may present with chest pain and haemopericardium. The following case illustrates an unusual differential diagnosis: rupture of a very large coronary artery aneurysm, diagnosed by transoesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis*
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male