Coronary Artery Aneurysms: Review with Emphasis on Etiology

Abstract

Coronary Artery Aneurysm (CAA) belongs to vessels malformations with low frequencies, approximately 0.35%. It is observed different causes of CAAs: Congenital and acquired, inflammatory and iatrogenic. CAAs are independent risk factor of myocardial infarction, bleeding, heart failure, death. In time detection of arteries aneurysms, especially silent, preserve from development of such dangerous complications. The better understanding of CAAs pathogenesis and etiology can improve diagnosis. In the review it was summarized the etiological causes of CAA; described clinical presentations and diagnostic investigations of CAA; assessed the options of medical and surgical management of CAA; and estimated the prognosis of this rare pathology.