Pseudoaneurysm of Coronary Artery in a Patient with Behcet's Disease.
- Author:
Ji Hoon KANG
1
;
Sang Hee LEE
;
Joon Ho BAE
;
Gue Ru HONG
;
Jong Seon PARK
;
Dong Gu SHIN
;
Young Jo KIM
;
Bong Seup SIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. grhong@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Behcet's disease;
Pseudoaneurysm
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm, False*;
Arteries;
Coronary Vessels*;
Echocardiography;
Female;
Humans;
Prevalence;
Vasculitis;
Veins
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
2004;12(1):45-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Behcet's disease is multi-systemic vasculitis affecting all sizes of arteries and veins. The prevalence of coronary involvement in Behcet's disease is extremely rare. A 35-year-old woman with one-year history of Behcet's disease was in hospitalized with pseudoaneurysm of left anterior descending coronary artery, which was detected by echocardiography. The patient was successfully treated by implantation of an endovascular graft-stent.
