Giant coronary aneurysms in heart transplantation: an unusual presentation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

François Haddad; Marco Perez; Dominik Fleischmann; Hannah Valantine; Sharon A Hunt

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2006.07.006

Giant coronary aneurysms in heart transplantation: an unusual presentation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Nov;25(11):1367-70. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.07.006. Epub 2006 Oct 2.

Authors

François Haddad¹, Marco Perez, Dominik Fleischmann, Hannah Valantine, Sharon A Hunt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA. fhaddad@cvmed.stanford.edu <fhaddad@cvmed.stanford.edu>

PMID: 17097503
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.07.006

Abstract

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is a leading cause of death during long-term follow-up of heart transplant recipients. We report 2 cases of cardiac allograft vasculopathy associated with giant coronary aneurysms. To our knowledge, these are the first reported cases of spontaneous giant coronary aneurysms in heart transplant recipients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Aneurysm / diagnosis
Coronary Aneurysm / etiology*
Coronary Aneurysm / pathology
Female
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Heart Transplantation / pathology
Humans
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Transplantation, Homologous