The curious case of an isolated right coronary artery aneurysm complicated by thrombosis and distal embolization

Hussam Al Hennawi, Mohammad F Mathbout, Katrina Bidwell, Christopher D Nielsen

Abstract


A 40-year-old male patient with no significant medical history was admitted with an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention revealed a right coronary artery aneurysm, with no evidence of significant coronary disease. We support the hypothesis of aneurysmal thrombus formation with distal embolization.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2022.9

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