Successful treatment of a ruptured mycotic coronary artery aneurysm

Osevala, Mark A DO
Heleotis, Thomas L MD
DeJene, Brook A MD

^aJersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA

Accepted for publication Nov 5, 1998.

^*Address reprint requests to Dr Osevala, Jersey Shore Heart Institute, 1944 Route 33, Suite 204, Neptune, NJ 07754.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 67(6):p 1780-1782, June 1999. | DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00329-X

Documented mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are unusual, and antemortem identification of such an aneurysm is rare. We present the case of a patient who had successful management of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of a coronary artery.