A rare case of a giant circumflex coronary artery aneurysm 10 years after bentall surgery

Marcello Chiocchi; Carlo Di Donna; Alfredo Intorcia; Luca Pugliese; Vincenzo De Stasio; Federica Di Tosto; Luigi Spiritigliozzi; Francesca D'Errico; Leonardo Benelli; Monia Pasqualetto; Cecilia Cerimele; Matteo Cesareni; Francesco Grimaldi; Francesco Paolo Sbordone; Alessandra Luciano; Mario Laudazi; Carlotta Rellini; Alessia Romeo; Gianluca Vanni; Daniele Morosetti; Marco Di Luozzo; Roberto Floris; Francesco Romeo; Francesco Giuseppe Garaci

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.065

A rare case of a giant circumflex coronary artery aneurysm 10 years after bentall surgery

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 May 1;16(7):1749-1753. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.065. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Marcello Chiocchi¹, Carlo Di Donna¹, Alfredo Intorcia², Luca Pugliese¹, Vincenzo De Stasio¹, Federica Di Tosto¹, Luigi Spiritigliozzi¹, Francesca D'Errico¹, Leonardo Benelli¹, Monia Pasqualetto¹, Cecilia Cerimele¹, Matteo Cesareni¹, Francesco Grimaldi¹, Francesco Paolo Sbordone¹, Alessandra Luciano¹, Mario Laudazi¹, Carlotta Rellini¹, Alessia Romeo³, Gianluca Vanni⁴, Daniele Morosetti¹, Marco Di Luozzo², Roberto Floris¹, Francesco Romeo², Francesco Giuseppe Garaci¹

Affiliations

¹ Divison of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
² Unit of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.
³ Unit of Cardiology, Ospedale Santo Spirito in Sassia, ASL RM, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Breast Unit, Department of Surgical Science, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy.

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a rare case of coronary artery aneurysms occasionally found on a pre interventional Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography performed on a 67-year-old man with a history of aneurysm of the ascending aorta previously treated with Bentall surgery, who arrived at our hospital to have a percutaneous valve-in-valve implantation procedure. Even though the patient was considered not eligible for the procedure, due to his many comorbidities, and conservatively managed, at 1-year followup his angiographic condition remained stable.

Keywords: Coronary artery aneurysm; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Publication types

Case Reports