{"title":"Ruptured coronary aneurysm with fatal bleeding: a tricky differential diagnosis.","authors":"Pietro G Lacaita, Gudrun M Feuchtner","doi":"10.1007/s10554-025-03402-0","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 50 year-old-male presented with NSTEMI, a coronary fistula and a ruptured coronary aneurysm, which lead to fatal bleeding. The case highlights the pivotal role of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in establishing the correct diagnosis based on CTA imaging findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":94227,"journal":{"name":"The international journal of cardiovascular imaging","volume":" ","pages":"1241-1242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The international journal of cardiovascular imaging","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-025-03402-0","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/4/22 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A 50 year-old-male presented with NSTEMI, a coronary fistula and a ruptured coronary aneurysm, which lead to fatal bleeding. The case highlights the pivotal role of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in establishing the correct diagnosis based on CTA imaging findings.