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Coronary Artery Mycotic Aneurysm Following Endocarditis of a Composite Aortic GraftA Case Report and Literature ReviewDepartment of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Allegheny University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are rare, with 15 reported cases. These frequently fatal lesions usually occur in a setting of subacute bacterial endocarditis involving native valves. The authors present the first report of mycotic aneurysm of the first diagonal coronary artery following infection of a composite aortic graft.
Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 2,
145-150 (1998) |
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