Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
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Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss · Sep 1993
Case Reports[False aneurysm of the left ventricle and coronary aneurysms in Behçet disease].
A false left ventricular aneurysm and coronary artery aneurysm were discovered in a 29 year old patient with Behçet's syndrome. The operation under cardiopulmonary bypass consisted of closing the neck of the false aneurysm by an endo-aneurysmal approach with a Gore-Tex patch. ⋯ Cardiac involvement is rare in Behçet's syndrome (6%). The originality of this case is the association of two aneurysmal pathologies: the coronary and ventricular aneurysms due to the angiitis and the myocardial fragility induced by ischaemia.