View larger version (72K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
|
A 74-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and non–Q-wave myocardial infarction presented with exertional angina that had worsened over the course of the preceding month. Coronary angiography revealed triple-vessel coronary artery disease and a large saccular aneurysm of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (Panel A). There was severe stenosis in the artery immediately proximal to the aneurysm and stenosis in the middle portion of the artery. Intravascular ultrasonography of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery showed that the neck of the aneurysm was 10 mm in length.
The lesions in the circumflex artery and the . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
Previous
