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Recurrent Myocardial Infarction Provoked by Multiple Giant Coronary Aneurysms A Case Report

Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Yoshitoshi Urabe, M.D.

Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Hiroaki Shimokawa, M.D.

Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

Mitsuru Kinjoh, M.D.

Department of Pathology, Harasanshin General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Akira Takeshita, M.D.

Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka

A case of multiple coronary aneurysms, complicated with repeated myocardial infarction, is presented. The cine-coronary angiogram and autopsy disclosed marked dilatation of epicardial coronary arteries associated with multiple giant thrombosed aneurysms, which is rare in patients with atherosclerosis.

Angiology, Vol. 47, No. 3, 311-314 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700316


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