Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5984779 Journal of Cardiology Cases 2013 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Although primary aldosteronism had been recognized to be a treatable type of hypertension, it was recently suggested to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular complications. Coronary artery aneurysm is a rare complication after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, and a giant coronary aneurysm is very rare. The present case is a 51-year-old, hypertensive patient with primary aldosteronism who developed myocardial infarction, a giant coronary aneurysm after DES implantation, and then cerebral hemorrhage. Our case suggests the excessively high risk for cardiovascular complications in patients with primary aldosteronism.

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