Neumayer Ulrike, Fassbender Dieter, Schmidt Henning K
Department of Cardiology, St. Marien-Hospital Hamm, Germany.
Cardiol Rev. 2003 Mar-Apr;11(2):104-7. doi: 10.1097/01.CRD.0000032553.82961.65.
The authors describe the case of a 76-year-old woman who presented with acute inferior myocardial infarction 8 years after prosthetic aortic valve replacement. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization revealed a false aneurysm of the ascending aorta with fistulous communication to the right ventricle. The right coronary artery originated from the false aneurysm with no antegrade perfusion.