Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Ghorbel Nesrine

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• Case Report
  Surgery for an Isolated Huge Coronary Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Behcet’s Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Author(s): Ben Jmaa Hela*, Dhouib Faten, Dammak Aiman, Bouassida Abir, Ghorbel Nesrine, Souissi Iheb, Kallel Rahma, Masmoudi Sayda, Elleuch Nizar and Frikha Imed Ben Jmaa Hela*, Dhouib Faten, Dammak Aiman, Bouassida Abir, Ghorbel Nesrine, Souissi Iheb, Kallel Rahma, Masmoudi Sayda, Elleuch Nizar and Frikha Imed
  
  Coronary artery aneurysms in patients with Behcet’s disease are rare. Giant aneurysms defined as greater than 2 cm are exceptional. We are reporting a rare case of a 33-year-old man with Behcet’s disease, admitted for chest pain, whose coronary angiogram revealed a huge aneurysm involving the proximal segment of proximal left anterior descending artery followed by a severe stenosis. The aneurysm was successfully resected and an arterial coronary bypass was performed. The patient was asymptomatic in the postoperative period. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000430

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