Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm Associated with Extraluminal Migration of Stent: Role of Multimodal Imaging
Madhu Shukla,
Jagdish Chander Mohan
Abstract:Extraluminal migration of a drug-eluting intracoronary stent into pericardial space with or without aneurysm formation is a rare complication. It is usually symptomatic although rare asymptomatic cases have been described. Herein, we report a 49-year-old male who presented with atypical chest pain 9 years after intracoronary stent implantation in the right coronary artery and the ramus intermediate branch. Echocardiographic examination showed a 7.4 cm × 3.8 cm large oblong cystic mass along the lateral wall of… Show more
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